cheapo.
Inexpensive and of poor quality.
Meaning & usage
Inexpensive and of poor quality.
They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English cheap Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English cheapo From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).
A person who is stingy, a miser.
Something produced and sold for low cost.
A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English cheap Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O English oh English -o English cheapo From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).
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