| 单词 | good cheap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood cheap a. State of the market, qualified from the buyer's point of view as good, dear, etc. good cheap: a state of the market good for the purchaser; low prices, abundance of commodities, plenty, cheapness. So dear cheap: a dear market, high prices, dearth, scarcity. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > state of the market cheapc1325 market1776 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > abundance of commodities good cheapc1325 cheapc1384 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 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 > high price or rate > [noun] > high prices dear cheapc1325 famine-prices1847 c1325 Pol. Songs (Camden) 341 Tho god ȝer was aȝein icome, and god chep of corn. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 108 In a ȝeer of derth and in a ȝeer of greet cheep. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. viii. 147 Ther is plente and good chepe in one yere, In another yere it is had in grete chierte. 1481–3 W. Caxton Bk. for Travellers in Promptorium Parvulorum 72 He byeth in tyme & at hour, so that he hath not of the dere chepe [Fr. du chier marchiet]. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 12 Dear cheape of vittels withe the thowe hast brought. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 357 Maruell of the good cheap that was in those daies, and of the dearth that is now of vittailes. good 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. good cheap a. quasi-adv. good cheap was also used (cf. to or at good cheap in sense 5a) for: On advantageous terms, at a low cost, cheaply. (Compared as in 8.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > cheaply eathly?c1225 good cheap1420 a good pennyworth1466 cheaply1552 cheap1569 affordably1775 on the cheap1859 keenly1928 1420 Will & Inv. N. Counties (1835) 63 I wille þat my brothere William haue þe landes & rentys bettir chepe þen any othir man. 1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 82. 1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 395 My mastyr schal have it as good chepe as any othere mane. 1528 W. Tyndale Parable Wicked Mammon in Wks. I. 122 To buy as good cheap as he can, and to sell as dear as he can. 1538 Aberdeen Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) Settis it bettir chaip to ony wyis. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 50 As a man, that would feede vpon Acornes, whan he may eate, as good cheape, the finest wheat bread. 1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. D1 No Tradesman should sell his ware too good cheape, for feare of hinderance to his Trade. 1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 47 The people will take him for their Minister that will do it best cheap. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xi. 311 Like sick men, who desire to die good-cheap. < as lemmas |
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