cheapo

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cheap·o

(chē′pō) Slang

adj.

Cheap.

n. pl. cheap·os

One who is cheap.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cheapo

(ˈtʃiːpəʊ)

n, pl cheapos

something that is very cheap and possibly shoddy

adj

very cheap and possibly shoddy

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cheap•ie

(ˈtʃi pi)
Informal. n.

1. an item less expensive than others of its kind, esp. a cheaply made, often inferior product.

2. a stingy or miserly person.

adj.

3. cheap or inferior.

[1940–45]

Translations

cheapo

[ˈtʃiːpəʊ] ADJ → baratejo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cheapo

[ˈtʃiːpəʊ] adj → bon marché(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cheapo

n → Billigartikel m, → billiges Ding (inf)

adj (inf) → Billig-; cheapo video → Billigvideo nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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X's special discount now, I could lock in the cheapo price of the cream while those poor suckers who came after me would have to pay double.

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Then I saw an offer of 25% off Christmas lights so I herded those into my online shopping basket followed by a 40" television which was down to just PS235 for a Samsung full HD - not one of those cheapo ones people were chinning each other for live in supermarkets but a genuine top of the range Samsung LED TV.

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