INEXPENSIVE, INEXPENSIVENESS
ADJECTIVES
► ALL A PENNY inexpensive and plentiful → 1978 Barbados sl.
► BARGAIN-BIN inexpensive, cheap, cut-price → 1902 orig. US
► CHEAP-ARSE of a thing: of low value, inexpensive → 1990 colloq., orig. Aust. & NZ
► CHEAP AS CHIPS inexpensive → 20C Aust. sl.
► CHEAP-ASS inferior, of low value, inexpensive → 1955 colloq., orig. US
► CHEAPIE ► CHEAPY cheap, inexpensive, having a low price → 1883 colloq.
► CHEAP JOHN inferior, inexpensive → 1855 Amer. dial.
► CHEAPO cheap, inexpensive → 1970 colloq.
► DOWN-MARKET inexpensive; cheap → 1969
► EL CHEAPO cheap inexpensive → 1958 sl., orig. US
► EXPENSELESS of things; inexpensive → 1644 obs.
► GAIN cheap, at a low price, inexpensive; of persons: stingy → 1881 Eng. dial.
► HI-BYE-FLY of inferior quality, cheap, inexpensive → 1970 Amer. dial.
► KRESS cheap, inexpensive → 1947 US sl.
► LOW-COST relatively inexpensive; cheap, affordable → 1885
► LOW-END relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind → colloq.
► NICKEL-AND-DIME that is sold for a small sum, inexpensive, unostentatious → 1879 US colloq.
► UNCOSTLY inexpensive → 1638
NOUNS
► BEATER an old, worn-out, or relatively inexpensive item → 1954 colloq.
► BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL something inferior or inexpensive → 1994 African-American sl.
► CHEAPIE ► CHEAPY an inexpensive thing → 1897
► CHEAP JOHN cheap goods; something inexpensive, inferior, or in poor taste → 1855 Amer. dial.
► CHEAPO an inexpensive thing → 1966 colloq.
► CHEAPTH inexpensiveness or abundance of commodities → 1606 obs.
► EL CHEAPO an inexpensive thing → 1948 sl., orig. US
► POVERTY SHOP a shop selling food or goods which are inexpensive, and perceived as low-grade → 1948
► RACKET STORE a store selling a wide range of inexpensive items → 1886 US