| 单词 | bargain basement |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbargain basement bargain basement n. a basement floor where bargains are displayed; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > bargain basement bargain basement1899 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > cheap light?a1400 vile?1490 cheap1517 low-prized1600 druggish1701 popular1830 low-priced1842 underpriced1861 bargain basement1899 low-budget1918 Woolworth1931 Woolworthian1933 pipe-rack1956 budget1958 cheapo1967 pound shop1989 1899 Chicago Daily News 25 May 19/6 There is not room in our Bargain Basement for all the bargains we have created for to-morrow. 1927 Star 1 June 6/1 Selfridge's Bargain Basement. 1932 Daily Express 27 June 11/3 Every railway company, every travel bureau, every steamship line has its own ‘bargain basement’. 1935 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 190 Ghostly raiment which to them is none the less resplendent through being acquired in the bargain basement of compromise and expediency. 1959 Economist 10 Jan. 100/1 Any such bargain-basement nuclear deterrent as we could hope to produce and mount in this country will be minimally effective. < as lemmas |
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