Definition of Cheapener

1. n. One who cheapens.

Definition of Cheapener

1. Noun. One who cheapens. ¹

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Definition of Cheapener

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheapener

cheap-shots
cheap and cheerful
cheap as chips
cheap at half the price
cheap drunk
cheap like borscht
cheap money
cheap seats
cheap shot
cheap shots
cheapdate
cheapen
cheapened
cheapener (current term)
cheapeners
cheapening
cheapens
cheaper
cheaper by the dozen
cheapest
cheapie
cheapies
cheaping
cheapish
cheapishly
cheapjack
cheapjacks
cheaply

Literary usage of Cheapener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rambler: In Three Volumes by Samuel Johnson (1823)
"She that has once demanded a settlement has allowed the importance of fortune: and when she cannot shew pecuniary merit, why should she think her cheapener ..."

2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1895)
"The wood charcoal probably acts more as a dilutent and cheapener of the “char” than anything else; the mixture, however, renders up more slowly and ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"cheapener, (tshe'-pn-er) n. ». A bargainer. To CHEAPEN, (tshe'-pn) D. o. To ask the price of any commodity ; to lessen value. ..."

4. The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825)
"... has allowed the importance of fortune ; and when she cannot show pecuniary merit, why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase ..."

5. Some Leading Principles of Political Economy Newly Expounded by John Elliott Cairnes, ( (1874)
"... secondly, it is in manufacturing industry also that machinery, the other great cheapener of production, admits of being employed on the largest scale, ..."

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