| 单词 | better cheap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetter cheap a. quasi-adj. good cheap was used for: That is a good bargain, that can be purchased on advantageous terms; low-priced, cheap. Compared better cheap, best cheap. So (rarely) great cheap.It is not clear whether the notion was ‘at a good market’, or ‘as a good bargain’. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > a bargain good cheapc1375 great cheapc1375 Robin Hood bargain1709 rug1746 bargain1766 best buy1879 snip1926 steal1942 bargoon1964 sacrifice1976 society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > state of the market > specific state of market good cheapc1325 great cheapc1375 bust1842 softness1872 boom1875 sacrifice market1888 buyers' market1926 seller's market1934 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > condition of prices being low good cheapc1325 great cheapc1375 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > cheap > in proportion to value great cheapc1375 cheap1611 c1375 Cato Major i. xxix, in Anglia (1884) VII Þat is good chep may beo dere, And deore good chep also. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xxii. 233 Clothes of Gold and of Sylk ben gretter chep there a gret del, than ben clothes of Wolle. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxixv Uytayll..was better chepe in London than in many Shyrys. a1529 J. Skelton Manerly Margery in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 29 The best chepe flessh that euyr I bought. 1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures ii. f. 57v, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Victuales shall be reasonable good chepe. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 43 Count best, the best cheape, wheresoeuer ye dwell. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Esdras xvi. 21 Behold, victuals shall be so good cheape vpon earth. View more context for this quotation 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 63 Nor is that which is best cheap, alwayes the best profit. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 25 Here is very good Bread and Wine, and good cheap I believe. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) s.v., Best Best is Best-cheap. < as lemmas |
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