0 present participle of cheapen --
2 to make someone or something seem less valuable or important so that people respect them less: --
She felt that the photos were exploitative and cheapened her.
He said that the result of cheapening the price had lead to an enormous consumption of sugar.
Take the cheapening of electricity— one of the most important matters from the point of view of the ordinary consumer.
That itself will be a tremendous drag against the cheapening of the generation of electric power.
Another good result has ensued from the cheapening of houses.
The policy involves very little chance of a still further cheapening of money, and probably means that foreign exchanges will move against us.
You cannot cheapen divorce in terms of time and money without at the same time cheapening marriage in its spiritual significance.
A great advance was made last year in the use and cheapening of insulin.
Then, with regard to cheapening of supplies of electricity, the price of electricity depends primarily upon the cost of coal.
