inexpensiveadj.
/ɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/ 1. Not expensive or costly; involving little expense; cheap.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > cheap > inexpensive
reasonable1585
uncostly1638
unexpensive1642
expenseless1644
affordable1647
frugal1783
inexpensive1837
low-cost1885
1837 [implied in: R. B. Ede Pract. Facts Chem. 46 The grand secret of Chemistry, to those who would pursue it inexpensively, is the art of working on a minute scale. (at inexpensively adv.)].
a1846 Eclectic Rev. in Worcester.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 185 I resolved upon taking a small bungalow for a short period, and furnishing it in a mild and inexpensive manner.
1896 W. G. Woolcombe Pract. Work Physics iii. Pref. The apparatus required is inexpensive.
2. Not given to expenditure; not extravagant.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > [adjective]
expenseless1703
inexpensive1859
budget-wise1952
1859 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 273 The Swiss people are frugal and inexpensive in their habits.
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