rock-bottomˈrock-bottom adjective [only before noun] 
bargain holidays at rock-bottom prices
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- rock-bottom real estate prices
- All Raskin could do was quickly recalculate the rock-bottom cost of manufacturing this new version of Macintosh.
- And of those few, the vast majority flocked to stores offering rock-bottom prices.
- Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery.
- Some cuts involved not filling posts left vacant by teachers discouraged by the rock-bottom pay and difficult conditions.
- The move would have boosted rock-bottom Tory morale just in time for their conference next week.
- The North receives a kind of colonial tribute in debt service, whilst getting its raw materials at rock-bottom prices.
Longman Language Activatorvery cheap
informal extremely cheap: · You can get beautiful leather jackets in the markets and they're dirt cheap.
British informal /be a steal American informal to be extremely cheap at a particular price: · She says her new outfit was a steal.· The new computer package is a snip at only £599 plus tax.
also at giveaway prices British if a shop is selling goods at rockbottom prices or at giveaway prices , it is selling them at extremely low prices -- used especially in advertisements: · Fox Hi-Fi specialize in selling top quality CD players at rockbottom prices.· In our summer sale, we have clothes from top designers at giveaway prices.
· You can pick up video recorders for very little money if you know where to look.
especially American very cheaply: · We got the car for nothing because the woman wanted to get rid of it fast.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY bargain holidays at rock-bottom prices
a rock-bottom price is as low as it can possibly be: bargain holidays at rock-bottom prices bargain holidays at rock-bottom prices