CHEAPEN


Meaning of CHEAPEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchē-pən ]

verb

( cheap·ened ; cheap·en·ing ˈchēp-niŋ, ˈchē-pə-)

Date: 1562

transitive verb

1.

[obsolete English cheap to price, bid for]

archaic

a. : to ask the price of

b. : to bid or bargain for

2.

a. : to make cheap in price or value

b. : to lower in general esteem

c. : to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior

intransitive verb

: to become cheap

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.