{
    "term": "cheap",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "costing little money or less money than you expected",
            "sensetop": "cheap to doit is cheap to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cheap imports/flights"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their cheap prices have helped them pick up new customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're offering incredibly cheap fares to Eastern Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cycling is a cheap way to get around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A good education is not cheap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electricity is **relatively cheap** in Ireland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device isn't exactly cheap at £500."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A falling dollar will boost the economy by making exports cheaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheaper alternative/option"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Renewable energy is getting cheaper all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cheapest rates are usually available online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These desperate people are used as a source of **cheap labour** *(= workers who are paid very little, especially unfairly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Game shows are cheap to produce.",
                    "contextForm": "cheap to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Back then it was quite cheap to buy a house here.",
                    "contextForm": "it is cheap to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The market has been flooded with cheap imports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The printer isn't exactly cheap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town is full of immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The watch was suspiciously cheap; it was probably a fake."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "inexpensive",
            "topics": ["Money", "Shopping"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "charging low prices",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a cheap restaurant/hotel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cheap taxi firm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We found a **cheap and cheerful** cafe *(= one that is simple and charges low prices but is pleasant)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italy was a very cheap country to visit in those days."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "be going", "buy something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "low in price and quality",
            "labels": "(disapproving)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cheap plastic toys that break within seconds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a jar of cheap and nasty instant coffee"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cheap and nasty products with brand names you've never heard of"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was filled with the smell of cheap perfume."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was just a bottle of cheap perfume."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bag looks cheap and nasty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The glasses are plain without looking cheap."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "be going", "buy something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "unpleasant or unkind and rather obvious",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comedian who is always looking for cheap laughs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to score a cheap political advantage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't resist **taking a cheap shot at** his political opponent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "having a low status and therefore not deserving respect",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's just a cheap crook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His treatment of her made her **feel cheap** *(= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "not liking to spend money",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English(informal, disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't be so cheap!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's so cheap, he'd never fly to London in a million years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was just too cheap to buy a decent present."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was so generous he made the other guests look cheap."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "spending less money than you usually need to spend to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a guide to decorating your house on the cheap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Liverpool hoped to sign the midfielder on the cheap."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃiːp/",
                "audio": "ch/cheap/cheap__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃiːp/",
                "audio": "ch/cheap/cheap__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’."
}