adjective

1. low in price or cost; not expensive
2. charging low prices a chain of cheap stores
3. spending or able to spend little a cheaper clientele
4. worth more than the price
5. costing little labor or trouble; easily gotten a cheap victory
6. of little value or poor quality; virtually worthless
7. deserving of scorn; contemptible made cheap by their own behavior
8. Informal stingy; niggardly
9. Econ. lowered in exchange value or buying power; also, available at low interest rates: said of money

Etymology: < good cheap, favorable bargain < ME god chep (used as transl. of OFr à bon marché) < OE ceap, a purchase, bargain, akin to Ger kaufen, to buy; ult. < L caupo, petty tradesman

adverb

noun

1. a market: now only in place names Cheapside
2. Obsolete a bargain

Etymology: OE ceap, market; akin to Dan kjob (ON kaup) as in Kjöbnhavn (Copenhagen)