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cheapness|ˈtʃiːpnɪs| [f. cheap a. + -ness.] Quality of being cheap; lowness of price or cost; also fig. (see cheap a.)
1550Royal Procl. in Strype Eccl. Mem. i. xxvii. (1721) II. 222 In plentiful Sort and Cheapness of Price. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 234 For lacke of money..victuall came to such reasonable cheapnesse and price. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World vi. xxvii. 611/2 Allured with the cheapness of the Rent. 1712Steele Spect. No. 454 ⁋6, I resolved to walk it, out of Cheapness. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesm. (1841) II. xxxviii. 108 Cheapness causes consumption. 1875Jevons Money (1878) 133 The cheapness of the material. |