cheapenv.

Brit.

/ˈtʃiːp(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈtʃipən/

Etymology: < cheap adj. + -en suffix⁵, or modification of cheap v., by the suffix -en suffix⁵.

a. transitive. To bargain for, ask the price of, bid for, offer a price for; = cheap v. 3. Also figurative. archaic or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > bid for or offer to buy

bidc1200

cheap?c1225

cheapen1574

prize1592

licitate1601

to declare for1669

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 200 A Colt..the which hee cheapened, bought, and brake.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 18 Shee would make a Puritaine of the diuell, if hee should cheapen a kisse of her.

1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 238 To Shops in Crowds the daggled Females fly, Pretend to cheapen Goods, but nothing buy.

1766 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 173 I cheapened a pig..and was asked only eighteen sols.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) v, in Writings I. 48 As though he was cheapening pippins at an apple-stall.

b. absol. To bargain, chaffer.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)]

bargain1525

hucka1529

hucker1548

dodge1568

blockc1570

pelt1579

hack1587

haggle1589

to beat the bargain1591

to beat the market1591

huckster1593

niffera1598

badger1600

scotch1601

palter1611

cheapen1620

higgle1633

tig-tag1643

huckle1644

chaffer1693

chaffer1725

dicker1797

niffer1815

Jew1825

hacker1833

banter1835

higgle-haggle1841

hondle1921

wheel and deal1961

1620 F. Quarles Pentelogia (1717) 66 A great Exchange of ware, Wherein all sorts, and sexes, cheapning are.

1883 Standard 31 Aug. 2/3 To sell and to cheapen in the Market Square.

†2. transitive (?) To chaffer, haggle about terms with (a person), or about (a bargain). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] > drive down (prices or a person) by bargaining

haggle1589

cheapen1655

screw1677

to beat down1793

to jew down1835

banter1839

Jew1851

ike1932

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 614 His Enemies..without any cheapening, charg'd him so roundly, that [etc.].

1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 30 In..Field Engagements..where we intend not to cheapen an Enemy, but to fall on merrily.

a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) ii I wish, whilst you are cheapening the Bargain, that they do not clap it up.

a. transitive. To make cheap, lower the price of.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price) > lower price of

to call down?1542

embase1577

lower?1662

sinka1684

settle1812

cheapen1833

to mark down1859

1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics viii. 125 This..lessens the cost of production, and..would cheapen our corn.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 113 Cheapening production.

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town II. 240 His melancholy, perhaps, might have been put on with a view of cheapening the terms..with his employers.

b. figurative. To lower in estimation, cause to be thought little of, bring into contempt, vilify.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]

vile1297

supplanta1382

to bring lowa1387

revilea1393

gradea1400

villain1412

abject?a1439

to-gradea1440

vilifyc1450

villainy1483

disparage1496

degradea1500

deject?1521

disgraduate1528

disgress1528

regrade1534

base1538

diminute1575

lessen1579

to turn down1581

to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593

disesteem1594

degender1596

unnoble1598

disrank1599

reduce1599

couch1602

disthrone1603

displume1606

unplume1621

disnoble1622

disworth?1623

villainize1623

unglory1626

ungraduate1633

disennoble1645

vilicate1646

degraduate1649

bemean1651

deplume1651

lower1653

cheapen1654

dethrone1659

diminish1667

scoundrel1701

sink1706

demean1715

abjectate1731

unglorifya1740

unmagnify1747

undignify1768

to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819

dishero1838

misdemean1843

downgrade1892

demote1919

objectify1973

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 426 Meannesse of Birth, or slender Havings, cheapen the richest Abilities.

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 22 I find my proffer'd Love has cheapned me.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 6 Who cheapens Life, abates the Fear of Death.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 2 She was too proud to cheapen herself with coquetry.

4. intransitive. To become cheap (literal and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall > become cheap

cheapen1805

1805 Ann. Rev. 3 308 Corn cheapens in the Baltic when it becomes dear in the Mediterranean.

1886 Advance (Chicago) 28 Jan. 49 The calm and quiet delights of home circles never cheapen.

Derivatives

ˈcheapening n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lv. sig. C Chepenyng of a face of furre.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxxv. §798 Contented with the moderate gain of the cheapening parties.

1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily in R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. (1872) It is only after a long series of cheapenings that a purchase can be effected.

1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. i. viii. 101 Labourers..are benefitted..by the cheapening of any article of ordinary consumption.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	cheapen
释义	cheapenv. Brit. /ˈtʃiːp(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈtʃipən/ Etymology: < cheap adj. + -en suffix⁵, or modification of cheap v., by the suffix -en suffix⁵. 1. a. transitive. To bargain for, ask the price of, bid for, offer a price for; = cheap v. 3. Also figurative. archaic or dialect. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > bid for or offer to buy bidc1200 cheap?c1225 cheapen1574 prize1592 licitate1601 to declare for1669 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 200 A Colt..the which hee cheapened, bought, and brake. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 18 Shee would make a Puritaine of the diuell, if hee should cheapen a kisse of her. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 238 To Shops in Crowds the daggled Females fly, Pretend to cheapen Goods, but nothing buy. 1766 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 173 I cheapened a pig..and was asked only eighteen sols. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) v, in Writings I. 48 As though he was cheapening pippins at an apple-stall. b. absol. To bargain, chaffer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)] bargain1525 hucka1529 hucker1548 dodge1568 blockc1570 pelt1579 hack1587 haggle1589 to beat the bargain1591 to beat the market1591 huckster1593 niffera1598 badger1600 scotch1601 palter1611 cheapen1620 higgle1633 tig-tag1643 huckle1644 chaffer1693 chaffer1725 dicker1797 niffer1815 Jew1825 hacker1833 banter1835 higgle-haggle1841 hondle1921 wheel and deal1961 1620 F. Quarles Pentelogia (1717) 66 A great Exchange of ware, Wherein all sorts, and sexes, cheapning are. 1883 Standard 31 Aug. 2/3 To sell and to cheapen in the Market Square. †2. transitive (?) To chaffer, haggle about terms with (a person), or about (a bargain). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] > drive down (prices or a person) by bargaining haggle1589 cheapen1655 screw1677 to beat down1793 to jew down1835 banter1839 Jew1851 ike1932 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vi. 614 His Enemies..without any cheapening, charg'd him so roundly, that [etc.]. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 30 In..Field Engagements..where we intend not to cheapen an Enemy, but to fall on merrily. a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) ii I wish, whilst you are cheapening the Bargain, that they do not clap it up. 3. a. transitive. To make cheap, lower the price of. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price) > lower price of to call down?1542 embase1577 lower?1662 sinka1684 settle1812 cheapen1833 to mark down1859 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics viii. 125 This..lessens the cost of production, and..would cheapen our corn. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 113 Cheapening production. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town II. 240 His melancholy, perhaps, might have been put on with a view of cheapening the terms..with his employers. b. figurative. To lower in estimation, cause to be thought little of, bring into contempt, vilify. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 426 Meannesse of Birth, or slender Havings, cheapen the richest Abilities. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 22 I find my proffer'd Love has cheapned me. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 6 Who cheapens Life, abates the Fear of Death. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 2 She was too proud to cheapen herself with coquetry. 4. intransitive. To become cheap (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall > become cheap cheapen1805 1805 Ann. Rev. 3 308 Corn cheapens in the Baltic when it becomes dear in the Mediterranean. 1886 Advance (Chicago) 28 Jan. 49 The calm and quiet delights of home circles never cheapen. Derivatives ˈcheapening n. and adj. ΚΠ 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes lv. sig. C Chepenyng of a face of furre. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxxv. §798 Contented with the moderate gain of the cheapening parties. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily in R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. (1872) It is only after a long series of cheapenings that a purchase can be effected. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. i. viii. 101 Labourers..are benefitted..by the cheapening of any article of ordinary consumption. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1550
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