adj. Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things. If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first. John's brother bought a cut-rate bicycle at the second-hand store. There is a cut-rate drug-store on the corner.
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Meaning of CUT-RATE2 in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012