adj. , adv.
1 low price
VERBS
▪ be , be going
▪
a brand new radio going ~
▪ buy sth , get sth , sell sth
▪
They're selling fabrics ~ this week.
▪ not come
▪
Shoes like that don't come ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ amazingly , incredibly , remarkably , ridiculously
▪
It's a good restaurant, and incredibly ~.
▪ comparatively , reasonably , relatively
▪ not exactly ( esp. BrE )
▪
At £60 000 the car is not exactly ~ (= it is very expensive) .
▪ buy sth on the ~ , get sth on the ~
▪
The school managed to get a couple of computers on the ~.
2 poor quality
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪
The glasses are plain without looking ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and nasty ( BrE )
▪
The bag looks ~ and nasty.
Cheap is used with these nouns: ↑ alternative , ↑ beer , ↑ booze , ↑ champagne , ↑ cigar , ↑ clothes , ↑ commodity , ↑ copy , ↑ cosmetic , ↑ cut , ↑ electricity , ↑ end , ↑ energy , ↑ fare , ↑ finance , ↑ flight , ↑ food , ↑ furniture , ↑ gag , ↑ goods , ↑ heroin , ↑ hotel , ↑ housing , ↑ imitation , ↑ import , ↑ jewellery , ↑ labour , ↑ laugh , ↑ mortgage , ↑ motel , ↑ offer , ↑ option , ↑ perfume , ↑ price , ↑ rate , ↑ rent , ↑ restaurant , ↑ shot , ↑ source , ↑ substitute , ↑ talk , ↑ textile , ↑ thrill , ↑ transport , ↑ transportation , ↑ travel , ↑ trick , ↑ version , ↑ whisky , ↑ wine