cheaper
- 1Comparative of cheap.
Buying in bulk usually works out cheaper per item.
The cheaper model lacks several of the safety features.
Note
The comparative is built with -er, as one-syllable adjectives usually are, rather than with more. It inherits every meaning of cheap: lower in price, poorer in quality, even stingier. Context has to decide, so a cheaper option may be a bargain or a compromise. It is often used to compare courses of action (it is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages), with much to intensify it.
cheaper is a form of cheap
cheap, adjective: Costing little money, or priced low compared with similar things, earlier prices, or what something is really worth. Full entry
- Spelling
- cheap → cheaper: add -er
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