vendredi 2 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Cheap

Competitive  -  Budget  -  Affordable  -  Reasonable  -  Inexpensive

 

These words all describe a product or service that costs little money or less money than you expected.

 

Cheap costing little money or less money than you expected; charging low prices. Remember that cheap can also be used in a disapproving way to suggest that sth is poor quality as well as low in price: A bottle of cheap perfume.
Competitive (of prices, goods or services) as cheap as or cheaper than those offered by other companies; able to offer goods or services at competitive prices.
Budget (only before noun) (used especially in advertising) cheap because it offers only a basic level of service.
Affordable cheap enough for most people to afford.
Reasonable (of prices) not too expensive.
Inexpensive (rather formal) cheap. Remember that inexpensive is often used to mean that sth is good value for its price. It is sometimes used instead of cheap, because cheap can suggest that sth is poor quality.

 

PATTERNS
*cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/reasonable prices/fares/rates
*cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/inexpensive products/services

 

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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