0 costing little money or less than is usual or expected:
He'll do the work for cheap.
Do you like this? I got it for cheap.
There's a restaurant round the corner that serves cheap and cheerful food.
I go to the cheapest hairdresser's in town.
figurative In a war, human life becomes very cheap (= seems to be of little value).
During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.
Children and the elderly are entitled to cheap train tickets.
Food is usually cheaper in supermarkets.
1 used to describe goods that are both low in quality and low in price:
3 If you describe the way a person is dressed as cheap, you mean that it is very obvious that they are trying to sexually attract other people.
4 unpleasant and unkind:
It's only a cheap ring but it has great sentimental value for me.
I know a great restaurant where the drink's cheap and the food's great.
We bought a cheap package tour to Spain and stayed in a big hotel by the sea.
