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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
cheap
/t͡ʃiːp/
noun1 of 2
not costing a lot of money
- “It would have been cheaper to buy a new one.”Tatoeba
- “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To buy; purchase.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)