Collocations for "cheaper"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cheaper" in context.

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cheap

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. cheap [food, flights, prices, clothes]
  2. the [website, agency, company] is offering cheap [food]
  3. am looking for cheap [food]
  4. buy the [cheapest] clothes
  5. the cheap [glasses, watch] [broke, fell apart]
  6. is a cheap [replacement, alternative] for
  7. am looking for something cheaper
  8. cheaper than [cost price, I paid for it]
  9. [sit in, book] the cheap seats
  10. a cheap [shot, joke, trick, insult, comment]
  11. that was a cheap [shot]
  12. taking cheap shots at
  13. [really, very, incredibly] cheap
  14. is cheap and lousy
  15. UK: cheap [and, but] cheerful
  16. [money, talk] is cheap
  17. UK: (as) cheap as chips
  18. am too cheap for that
  19. it was cheap of him not to [share, offer]
adv
  1. I bought it really cheap
  2. a [car, camera] that was going cheap
n
  1. they [built our house, fixed our boiler] on the cheap
additional examples
  1. they [built our house, fixed our boiler] on the cheap
  2. cheap [food, flights, prices, clothes]
  3. the [website, agency, company] is offering cheap [food]
  4. am looking for cheap [food]
  5. buy the [cheapest] clothes
  6. the cheap [glasses, watch] [broke, fell apart]
  7. is a cheap [replacement, alternative] for
  8. am looking for something cheaper
  9. cheaper than [cost price, I paid for it]
  10. [sit in, book] the cheap seats
  11. a cheap [shot, joke, trick, insult, comment]
  12. that was a cheap [shot]
  13. taking cheap shots at
  14. [really, very, incredibly] cheap
  15. is cheap and lousy
  16. UK: cheap [and, but] cheerful
  17. UK: [need, want, looking for] a cheap-and-cheerful [café, phone]
  18. [money, talk] is cheap
  19. UK: (as) cheap as chips
  20. am too cheap for that
  21. it was cheap of him not to [share, offer]
  22. I bought it really cheap
  23. a [car, camera] that was going cheap
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