— cheapener , n.
/chee"peuhn/ , v.t.
1. to make cheap or cheaper.
2. to lower in esteem; bring into contempt: Constant swearing cheapened him.
3. to decrease the quality or beauty of; make inferior or vulgar: She cheapened the dress by adding a fringe to it.
4. Archaic. to bargain for.
v.i.
5. to become cheap or cheaper.
[ 1555-65; CHEAP + -EN 1 ; r. ME chepen ( > obs. E cheap (v.)) to price, bargain, OE ceapian to bargain, trade, buy; c. ON kaupa, Goth kaupon, G kaufen ]