You grow cheap in every subject's eye.
Dryden.
Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
Cheap, adv. Cheaply. Milton.
Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cheap"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ceßpian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaupōn to trade. Cf. Chap to bargain.] 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.]
Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy.
Swift.
2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope.
My proffered love has cheapened me.
Dryden.
Cheap"en*er (?), n. One who cheapens.
{ Cheap"-jack` (?), Cheap"-john` (?), } n. A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
Cheap"ly (?), adv. At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.
Cheap"ness (?), n. Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.
Chear (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See Cheer.
Cheat (?), n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat.
Dryden.