| slovo | definícia |
cheap
(mass) | cheap
- lacný |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,laciný adj: |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,levně adv: Pavel Machek; Giza |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,levný adj: |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,mizerný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,za babku adj: Pavel Cvrček |
cheap
(encz) | cheap,zlevněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cheap
(gcide) | Cheap \Cheap\ (ch[=e]p), n. [AS. ce['a]p bargain, sale, price;
akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf.
Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]
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The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me
lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in
Europe. --Shak.
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Cheap
(gcide) | Cheap \Cheap\, a. [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or
bargain; cf. F. bon march['e], [`a] bon march['e]. See
Cheap, n., Cheapen.]
1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as
compared with the usual price or the real value.
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Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers,
there the thing to be sold will be cheap. --Locke.
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2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
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You grow cheap in every subject's eye. --Dryden.
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Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the
catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
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Cheap
(gcide) | Cheap \Cheap\, adv.
Cheaply. --Milton.
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Cheap
(gcide) | Cheap \Cheap\, v. i.
To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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cheap
(wn) | cheap
adj 1: relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would
have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family
restaurants" [syn: cheap, inexpensive] [ant:
expensive]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy,
chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny]
4: embarrassingly stingy [syn: cheap, chinchy, chintzy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cheaper
(mass) | cheaper
- lacnejší |
a cheap drunk
(encz) | a cheap drunk,opilec, který toho moc nesnese [fráz.] MiCh |
as cheap as dirt
(encz) | as cheap as dirt,za babku |
cheap like borsch
(encz) | cheap like borsch, |
cheap money
(encz) | cheap money, n: |
cheap money policy
(encz) | cheap money policy, |
cheap shot
(encz) | cheap shot, |
cheap skate
(encz) | cheap skate, |
cheap trick
(encz) | cheap trick,bouda n: webcheap trick,podraz v: web |
cheap-jack
(encz) | cheap-jack, n: |
cheapen
(encz) | cheapen,zlevnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
cheapens
(encz) | cheapens,snižuje cenu Zdeněk Brož |
cheaper
(encz) | cheaper,levnější adj: Radka D. |
cheapest
(encz) | cheapest,nejlevnější adj: Radka D. |
cheapish
(encz) | cheapish,spíše levný Zdeněk Brož |
cheapjack
(encz) | cheapjack, adj: |
cheaply
(encz) | cheaply,levně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
cheapness
(encz) | cheapness,láce n: Zdeněk Brožcheapness,levnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cheapskate
(encz) | cheapskate,držgrešle n: Zdeněk Brožcheapskate,krkoun n: Zdeněk Brožcheapskate,lakomec n: Zdeněk Brož |
dirt cheap
(encz) | dirt cheap,skoro zadarmo Zdeněk Brož |
dirt-cheap
(encz) | dirt-cheap,směšně laciný Zdeněk Brož |
feel cheap
(encz) | feel cheap,cítit se mizerně feel cheap,připadat si jako mizera |
talk is cheap
(encz) | talk is cheap, |
Cheap
(gcide) | Cheap \Cheap\ (ch[=e]p), n. [AS. ce['a]p bargain, sale, price;
akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf.
Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]
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The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me
lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in
Europe. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Cheap \Cheap\, a. [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or
bargain; cf. F. bon march['e], [`a] bon march['e]. See
Cheap, n., Cheapen.]
1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as
compared with the usual price or the real value.
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Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers,
there the thing to be sold will be cheap. --Locke.
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2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
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You grow cheap in every subject's eye. --Dryden.
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Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the
catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Cheap \Cheap\, adv.
Cheaply. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Cheap \Cheap\, v. i.
To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Cheapen
(gcide) | Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,
sell, AS. ce['a]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen,
Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[=o]n to trade. Cf. Chap to
bargain.]
1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
[Obsoles.]
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Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift.
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2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the
value of; to depreciate. --Pope.
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My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden.
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Cheapened
(gcide) | Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,
sell, AS. ce['a]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen,
Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[=o]n to trade. Cf. Chap to
bargain.]
1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
[Obsoles.]
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Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift.
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2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the
value of; to depreciate. --Pope.
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My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden.
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Cheapener
(gcide) | Cheapener \Cheap"en*er\, n.
One who cheapens.
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Cheapening
(gcide) | Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,
sell, AS. ce['a]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen,
Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[=o]n to trade. Cf. Chap to
bargain.]
1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
[Obsoles.]
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Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift.
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2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the
value of; to depreciate. --Pope.
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My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden.
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Cheap-jack
(gcide) | Cheap-jack \Cheap"-jack`\, Cheap-john \Cheap"-john`\, n.
A seller of low-priced, shoddy, or second goods; a hawker.
Syn: huckster, hawker, tout.
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Cheap-john
(gcide) | Cheap-jack \Cheap"-jack`\, Cheap-john \Cheap"-john`\, n.
A seller of low-priced, shoddy, or second goods; a hawker.
Syn: huckster, hawker, tout.
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Cheaply
(gcide) | Cheaply \Cheap"ly\, adv.
At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior
manner.
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Cheapness
(gcide) | Cheapness \Cheap"ness\, n.
Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.
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dirt-cheap
(gcide) | dirt-cheap \dirt-cheap\ adj.
costing much less than standard price; as, the store went out
of business and sold their remaining stock for dirt-cheap
prices.
Syn: bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price.
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Dog cheap
(gcide) | Dog \Dog\ (d[add]g or d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog
mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the
domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the
inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and
attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred
varieties, as the akita, beagle, bloodhound,
bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog,
foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer,
poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz,
terrier, German shepherd, pit bull, Chihuahua,
etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially
domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the
dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)
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2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
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What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he
should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings
viii. 13 (Rev.
Ver. )
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3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly
dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]
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4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and
Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis
Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
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5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an
andiron.
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6. (Mech.)
(a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening
into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of
raising or moving them.
(b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on
the carriage of a sawmill.
(c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;
especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an
adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine
tool.
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7. an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman. [slang]
[PJC]
8. a hot dog. [slang]
[PJC]
Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in
the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.
It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,
a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --
also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,
dog Latin.
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A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.
A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents
others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them
but is none to him.
Dog ape (Zool.), a male ape.
Dog cabbage, or Dog's cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb,
native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum
Cynocrambe}).
Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap.
Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]
Dog flea (Zool.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which
infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In
America it is the common flea. See Flea, and
Aphaniptera.
Dog grass (Bot.), a grass (Triticum caninum) of the same
genus as wheat.
Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.
Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Peltigera canina)
growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed
expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous
veins beneath.
Dog louse (Zool.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.
H[ae]matopinus piliferus; another species is
Trichodectes latus.
Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog
traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for
churning.
Dog salmon (Zool.), a salmon of northwest America and
northern Asia; -- the gorbuscha; -- called also holia,
and hone.
Dog shark. (Zool.) See Dogfish.
Dog's meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.
Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary.
Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass.
Dog whelk (Zool.), any species of univalve shells of the
family Nassid[ae], esp. the Nassa reticulata of
England.
To give to the dogs, or To throw to the dogs, to throw
away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of
it." --Shak.
To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
[1913 Webster]Cheap \Cheap\, a. [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or
bargain; cf. F. bon march['e], [`a] bon march['e]. See
Cheap, n., Cheapen.]
1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as
compared with the usual price or the real value.
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Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers,
there the thing to be sold will be cheap. --Locke.
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2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
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You grow cheap in every subject's eye. --Dryden.
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Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the
catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
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el cheapo
(gcide) | el cheapo \el cheapo\, a.
cheap; inexpensive and of inferior quality; as, an el cheapo
cigar. [jocose slang]
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Good cheap
(gcide) | Good \Good\, a. [Compar. Better; superl. Best. These words,
though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god,
Goth. g[=o]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and
akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. Gather.]
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1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
or troublesome, etc.
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And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
it was very good. --Gen. i. 31.
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Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.
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2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
religious; -- said of persons or actions.
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In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
works. --Tit. ii. 7.
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3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
to or toward, also formerly by unto.
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The men were very good unto us. --1 Sam. xxv.
15.
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4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
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All quality that is good for anything is founded
originally in merit. --Collier.
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5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
especially by at.
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He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
--Shak.
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Those are generally good at flattering who are good
for nothing else. --South.
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6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
ability; of unimpaired credit.
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My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.
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My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
--Shak.
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7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
in good sooth.
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Love no man in good earnest. --Shak.
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8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
degree, a good share or part, etc.
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9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over. --Luke vi. 38.
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10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
repute, etc.
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A good name is better than precious ointment.
--Eccl. vii.
1.
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As good as. See under As.
For good, or For good and all, completely and finally;
fully; truly.
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The good woman never died after this, till she came
to die for good and all. --L'Estrange.
Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by
education; a polite education.
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Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
--Macaulay.
Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
Good consideration (Law).
(a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
affection. --Blackstone.
(b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
contract.
Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities.
[Familiar]
Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies,
etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]
Good for nothing.
(a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
(b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
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My father always said I was born to be a good
for nothing. --Ld. Lytton.
Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.
Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper
or state of mind.
Good humor man, a travelling vendor who sells Good Humor
ice-cream (or some similar ice-cream) from a small
refrigerated truck; he usually drives slowly through
residential neighborhoods in summertime, loudly playing
some distinctive recorded music to announce his presence.
[U. S.]
Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or
mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
being in good humor.
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The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
character. --Macaulay.
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The young count's good nature and easy
persuadability were among his best characteristics.
--Hawthorne.
Good people. See Good folk (above).
Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
form of wishing success. See Speed.
Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor.
Good will.
(a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
(b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
others, to resort to an established place of
business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
inclination.
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The good will of a trade is nothing more than
the probability that the old customers will
resort to the old place. --Lord Eldon.
In good time.
(a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
too late.
(b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.
To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
condition still holds good.
To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
clear; to vindicate.
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Each word made good and true. --Shak.
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Of no power to make his wishes good. --Shak.
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I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.
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Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.
To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
to consider expedient or proper.
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If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
forbear. --Zech. xi.
12.
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Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
good evening, good morning, etc.
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cheap money
(wn) | cheap money
n 1: credit available at low rates of interest |
cheap shot
(wn) | cheap shot
n 1: an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a
defenseless person
2: an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence;
"he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap
shot at the quarterback" |
cheap-jack
(wn) | cheap-jack
n 1: a seller of shoddy goods [syn: huckster, cheap-jack] |
cheapen
(wn) | cheapen
v 1: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn:
degrade, cheapen] |
cheapjack
(wn) | cheapjack
adj 1: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on
the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn:
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry]
n 1: a peddler of inferior goods |
cheaply
(wn) | cheaply
adv 1: in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather
chintzily" [syn: stingily, cheaply, chintzily]
2: in a cheap manner; "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in
the bar" [syn: cheaply, tattily, inexpensively] [ant:
expensively]
3: with little expenditure of money; "I bought this car very
cheaply" [syn: cheaply, inexpensively] |
cheapness
(wn) | cheapness
n 1: a price below the standard price [syn: bargain rate,
cheapness, cut rate, cut price]
2: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn:
cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze] |
cheapskate
(wn) | cheapskate
n 1: a miserly person [syn: cheapskate, tightwad] |
dirt cheap
(wn) | dirt cheap
adj 1: very cheap; "a dirt cheap property" |
cheap assembler
(foldoc) | CHeap ASseMbler
CHASM
(CHASM) A shareware assembler for MS-DOS.
(1994-11-15)
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cheapernet
(foldoc) | cheapernet
thinnet
(Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire
Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable
instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
(1995-03-28)
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