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The definition of bargain basement is something that is really inexpensive or is offered at an especially good price.

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  1. An example of bargain basement prices is paying $5 for a designer purse that you get at a garage sale.
  2. An example of bargain basement is saying that someone's dress looks like she got it at bargain basement prices because you think it looks inexpensive and not very nice.

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See bargain-basement in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. very low or greatly reduced: bargain-basement prices
  2. cheap, inferior, etc.

See bargain-basement in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A basement floor or floors in a department store where goods and apparel are sold at reduced or discounted prices.

Related Forms:

  • barˈgain-baseˌment (bärˈgĭn-bāsˌmənt) adjective

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