Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 815 (Cheapness)

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#815. Cheapness.-- N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good penny &c. worth; snap [U.S.].

[Absence of charge] gratuity; free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [coll.]; run of one's teeth; nominal price, peppercorn rent; labor of love.

drug in the market; deadhead[obs].

V. be cheap &c. adj.; cost little; come down in price, fall in price.

buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song; have one's money's worth.

Adj. cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive[obs]; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher[French]; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny ;discounted &c. 813.

half-price, depreciated, unsalable.

gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless, expenseless[obs]; without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree[obs], rent-free; free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid.

Adv. for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche[Fr].