¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheapens
1. cheapen [v] - See also: cheapen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheapens
Literary usage of Cheapens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches, Addresses, and Letters on Industrial and Financial Questions: To by William Darrah Kelley (1872)
"PROTECTION cheapens GOODS. . But protection begets competition and invariably
cheapens the money value of commodities. This is not mere theory ; it is fact ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... one who pleads or cheapens. Ding boy (old cant), a rogue or rascal.
Ding-dong (popular), in good earnest. ..."
3. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... Too much examination cheapens scholarship until another set of papers could
be passed upon. Better for New Zealand to lose the batch every year than to ..."
4. The Empire of Business by Andrew Carnegie (1902)
"Surplus wealth allows merely an elaboration of the simple needs of life.
Wealth helps consolidation and cheapens production. ..."
5. The Christian's Defence Against the Fears of Death: With Seasonable by Charles Drelincourt, Marius D'assigny (1810)
"... sufficient considerations to strengthen it against all apprehensions from.
Death. Now, as one who wants to buy stuffs in a shop, when he cheapens such ..."
Other Resources:
