Collocations for cheap - adj.
1. low price
VERBS
be,
be going
a brand new radio going cheap
a brand new radio going cheap
buy sth,
get sth,
sell sth
They're selling fabrics cheap this week.
They're selling fabrics cheap this week.
not come
Shoes like that don't come cheap.
Shoes like that don't come cheap.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously
It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap.
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously
It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap.
comparatively,
reasonably,
relatively
not exactly (esp. BrE)
At £60 000 the car is not exactly cheap (= it is very expensive).
not exactly (esp. BrE)
At £60 000 the car is not exactly cheap (= it is very expensive).
buy sth on the cheap,
get sth on the cheap
The school managed to get a couple of computers on the cheap.
The school managed to get a couple of computers on the cheap.
2. poor quality
Cheap is used with these nouns:
alternative, beer, booze, champagne, cigar, clothes, commodity, copy, cosmetic, cut, electricity, end, energy, fare, finance, flight, food, furniture, gag, goods, heroin, hotel, housing, imitation, import, jewellery, labour, laugh, mortgage, motel, offer, option, perfume, price, rate, rent, restaurant, shot, source, substitute, talk, textile, thrill, transport, transportation, travel, trick, version, whisky, wine
alternative, beer, booze, champagne, cigar, clothes, commodity, copy, cosmetic, cut, electricity, end, energy, fare, finance, flight, food, furniture, gag, goods, heroin, hotel, housing, imitation, import, jewellery, labour, laugh, mortgage, motel, offer, option, perfume, price, rate, rent, restaurant, shot, source, substitute, talk, textile, thrill, transport, transportation, travel, trick, version, whisky, wine