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• /ˈt͡ʃiːp/
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• rhymes with -iːp
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• homophone: cheep (in dialects with meet-meat merger)
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As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, a verbal derivative of *kaupô (“trader”), from Latin caupō. The adjective originated as a shortening of Middle and Early Modern English good cheap, literally “good purchase” (as in “that was good cheap”, i.e. “that was [a] good purchase”). Compare Dutch goedkoop, French bon marché. Cognates Cognate with Scots chepe (“to sell”), chape (“sale price”), North Frisian keap (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), German Kauf (“trade, traffic, bargain, purchase, buy”), kaufen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Norwegian Nynorsk kjøpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”); also borrowed as Finnish kauppa (“shop, trade”), Russian купить (kupitʹ, “to purchase”), Old Church Slavonic коупити (kupiti, “to purchase”), Bulgarian ку́пя (kúpja, “to purchase”), Serbo-Croatian купити (“to purchase”), Czech koupit (“to purchase”), Polish kupić (“to purchase”).

313 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: goedkoop — low and/or reduced in price
• Albanian: i lirë — low and/or reduced in price
• Amharic: ርካሽ (rəkaš) — low and/or reduced in price
• Amharic: እርካሽ (ʾərkaš) — low and/or reduced in price
• Arabic: رَخِيص (raḵīṣ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Arabic: رخيص (riḵīṣ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Arabic: رْخيص (rḵiṣ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Armenian: էժան (ēžan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Asturian: baratu — low and/or reduced in price
• Azerbaijani: ucuz — low and/or reduced in price
• Bashkir: осһоҙ (oshoź) — low and/or reduced in price
• Bashkir: арзан (arzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Basque: merke — low and/or reduced in price
• Belarusian: та́нны (tánny) — low and/or reduced in price
• Belarusian: дзяшо́вы (dzjašóvy) — low and/or reduced in price
• Bengali: সস্তা (śosta) — low and/or reduced in price
• Bulgarian: е́втин (évtin) — low and/or reduced in price
• Bulgarian: намале́н (namalén) — low and/or reduced in price
• Burmese: သက်သာ (saksa) — low and/or reduced in price
• Burmese: ဈေးချို (jhe:hkyui) — low and/or reduced in price
• Burmese: ပေါ (pau:) — low and/or reduced in price
• Carpathian Rusyn: тунї (tunji) — low and/or reduced in price
• Catalan: barat — low and/or reduced in price
• Cebuano: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Chamicuro: warato — low and/or reduced in price
• Chechen: дораха (doraxa) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chichewa: yotchipa — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese Cantonese: 平 (peng4) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese: пянйи (pianyi) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese: җян (jian) — low and/or reduced in price
• Hakka Chinese: 便宜 (phièn-ngì) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese: 俗 (zh-min-nan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese Mandarin: 便宜 (piányi) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chinese Mandarin: 賤 /贱 (jiàn) — low and/or reduced in price
• Wu Chinese: 便宜 — low and/or reduced in price
• Wu Chinese: 𠼢 (6jian) — low and/or reduced in price
• Chuvash: йӳнӗ (jünĕ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Cornish: a brys ysel — low and/or reduced in price
• Czech: levný — low and/or reduced in price
• Danish: billig — low and/or reduced in price
• Dutch: goedkoop — low and/or reduced in price
• Dutch: onduur — low and/or reduced in price
• Dutch: betaalbaar — low and/or reduced in price
• Dutch: afgeprijsd — low and/or reduced in price
• Dutch: in aanbieding — low and/or reduced in price
• Esperanto: malmultekosta — low and/or reduced in price
• Esperanto: ĉipa — low and/or reduced in price
• Estonian: odav — low and/or reduced in price
• Faroese: bíligur — low and/or reduced in price
• Finnish: halpa — low and/or reduced in price
• French: bon marché — low and/or reduced in price
• French: pas cher — low and/or reduced in price
• French: peu cher — low and/or reduced in price
• French: économique — low and/or reduced in price
• Galician: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Galician: barateiro — low and/or reduced in price
• Galician: rebaixado — low and/or reduced in price
• Georgian: იაფფასიანი (iappasiani) — low and/or reduced in price
• German: billig — low and/or reduced in price
• German: preiswert — low and/or reduced in price
• German: preisgünstig — low and/or reduced in price
• Greek: φτηνός (ftinós) — low and/or reduced in price
• Ancient Greek: εὐτελής (eutelḗs) — low and/or reduced in price
• Ancient Greek: εὔωνος (eúōnos) — low and/or reduced in price
• Ancient Greek: εὐθηνός (euthēnós) — low and/or reduced in price
• Gujarati: સસ્તું (sastũ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Gujarati: સોંઘું (soṅghũ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Hawaiian: emi — low and/or reduced in price
• Hebrew: זוֹל (zol) — low and/or reduced in price
• Hebrew: זולה (zola) — low and/or reduced in price
• Hindi: सस्ता (sastā) — low and/or reduced in price
• Hungarian: olcsó — low and/or reduced in price
• Icelandic: ódýr — low and/or reduced in price
• Ido: chipa — low and/or reduced in price
• Ilocano: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Indonesian: murah — low and/or reduced in price
• Ingrian: hootava — low and/or reduced in price
• Ingush: доарах (doarax) — low and/or reduced in price
• Irish: saor — low and/or reduced in price
• Italian: economico — low and/or reduced in price
• Italian: a buon mercato — low and/or reduced in price
• Italian: poco costoso — low and/or reduced in price
• Japanese: 安い (yasui) — low and/or reduced in price
• Japanese: 安価 (anka) — low and/or reduced in price
• Japanese: 激安 (gekiyasu) — low and/or reduced in price
• Jeju: 싸다 (ssada) — low and/or reduced in price
• Kabuverdianu: baratu — low and/or reduced in price
• Kabuverdianu: baróte — low and/or reduced in price
• Karakhanid: اُجُزْ (učuz) — low and/or reduced in price
• Kazakh: арзан (arzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Khmer: ថោក (thaok) — low and/or reduced in price
• Khün: ᨳᩪᨠ — low and/or reduced in price
• Korean: 싸다 (ssada) — low and/or reduced in price
• Korean: 싼 (ssan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Central Kurdish: ھەرزان (herzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Northern Kurdish: erzan — low and/or reduced in price
• Kyrgyz: арзан (arzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Lao: ຖືກ (thư̄k) — low and/or reduced in price
• Latin: vīlis — low and/or reduced in price
• Latvian: lēts — low and/or reduced in price
• Lithuanian: pigus — low and/or reduced in price
• Lithuanian: pigi — low and/or reduced in price
• Lü: ᦏᦳᧅᧈ (ṫhuk1) — low and/or reduced in price
• Luxembourgish: bëlleg — low and/or reduced in price
• Macedonian: евтин (evtin) — low and/or reduced in price
• Macedonian: намален (namalen) — low and/or reduced in price
• Macedonian: снижен (snižen) — low and/or reduced in price
• Macedonian: поевтинет (poevtinet) — low and/or reduced in price
• Malay: murah — low and/or reduced in price
• Maltese: rħis — low and/or reduced in price
• Manx: neuphriosoil — low and/or reduced in price
• Māori: māmā — low and/or reduced in price
• Māori: ngāwari — low and/or reduced in price
• Marathi: स्वस्त (svasta) — low and/or reduced in price
• Mongolian: хямд төсөр (xjamd tösör) — low and/or reduced in price
• Nepali: सस्तो (sasto) — low and/or reduced in price
• Nepali: सुलभ (sulabh) — low and/or reduced in price
• Norman: bouan marchi — low and/or reduced in price
• Norman: bouôn marchi — low and/or reduced in price
• Norwegian Bokmål: billig — low and/or reduced in price
• Norwegian Nynorsk: billeg — low and/or reduced in price
• Norwegian Nynorsk: billig — low and/or reduced in price
• Occitan: economic — low and/or reduced in price
• Old East Slavic: дешевъ (deševŭ) — low and/or reduced in price
• Old English: undīere — low and/or reduced in price
• Pannonian Rusyn: тунї (tunji) — low and/or reduced in price
• Pashto: ارزان (arzân) — low and/or reduced in price
• Persian: ارزان (arzân) — low and/or reduced in price
• Persian: مفت (moft) — low and/or reduced in price
• Polish: niedrogi — low and/or reduced in price
• Polish: tani — low and/or reduced in price
• Portuguese: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Portuguese: barateado — low and/or reduced in price
• Rarotongan: māmā — low and/or reduced in price
• Romanian: ieftin — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bunmartgà — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bienmarcau — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bùnmartgieu — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bunmartgea — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bunmarcho — low and/or reduced in price
• Romansh: bunmarchà — low and/or reduced in price
• Russian: дешёвый (dešóvyj) — low and/or reduced in price
• Russian: недорого́й (nedorogój) — low and/or reduced in price
• Sanskrit: अल्पमूल्य (alpamūlya) — low and/or reduced in price
• Sanskrit: न्यूनमूल्य (nyūnamūlya) — low and/or reduced in price
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏фтин — low and/or reduced in price
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅftin — low and/or reduced in price
• Shan: ပေႃး (páu) — low and/or reduced in price
• Shan: ထုၵ်ႇ (thùk) — low and/or reduced in price
• Shona: -chipa — low and/or reduced in price
• Sinhalese: බාල (bāla) — low and/or reduced in price
• Sinhalese: ලාභ (lābha) — low and/or reduced in price
• Slovak: lacný — low and/or reduced in price
• Slovene: poceni — low and/or reduced in price
• Somali: jaban — low and/or reduced in price
• Lower Sorbian: tuni — low and/or reduced in price
• Lower Sorbian: pśigódny — low and/or reduced in price
• Upper Sorbian: tuni — low and/or reduced in price
• Spanish: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Spanish: económico — low and/or reduced in price
• Swahili: rahisi — low and/or reduced in price
• Swedish: billig — low and/or reduced in price
• Swedish: nedsatt — low and/or reduced in price
• Tagalog: mura — low and/or reduced in price
• Tahitian: māmā — low and/or reduced in price
• Tai Dam: ꪖꪴꪀ — low and/or reduced in price
• Tai Nüa: ᥙᥨᥰ (pö) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tajik: арзон (arzon) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tamil: மலிவான (malivāṉa) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tatar: арзан (arzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tausug: maluhay — low and/or reduced in price
• Telugu: చౌక (cauka) — low and/or reduced in price
• Telugu: తగ్గింపు ధర (taggimpu dhara) — low and/or reduced in price
• Thai: ถูก (tùuk) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tibetan: ཁེ་པོ (khe po) — low and/or reduced in price
• Tigrinya: ሕሱር (ḥəsur) — low and/or reduced in price
• Turkish: ucuz — low and/or reduced in price
• Ottoman Turkish: اوجوز (ucuz) — low and/or reduced in price
• Turkmen: arzan — low and/or reduced in price
• Ukrainian: деше́вий (dešévyj) — low and/or reduced in price
• Urdu: سستا (sastā) — low and/or reduced in price
• Urdu: ارزاں (arzān) — low and/or reduced in price
• Uyghur: ئەرزان (erzan) — low and/or reduced in price
• Uzbek: arzon — low and/or reduced in price
• Vietnamese: rẻ — low and/or reduced in price
• Volapük: nejerik — low and/or reduced in price
• Walloon: bonmartchî — low and/or reduced in price
• Waray-Waray: barato — low and/or reduced in price
• Welsh: rhad — low and/or reduced in price
• Welsh: tsiêp — low and/or reduced in price
• Yiddish: ביליק (bilik) — low and/or reduced in price
• Yoruba: pọ̀ — low and/or reduced in price
• Yoruba: olówó-pọ́ọ́kú — low and/or reduced in price
• Yoruba: pọ́ọ́kú — low and/or reduced in price
• Zazaki: arzan — low and/or reduced in price
• Zazaki: erzan (diq) — low and/or reduced in price
• Zazaki: ercan (diq) — low and/or reduced in price
• Zazaki: ercon — low and/or reduced in price
• Zazaki: erzan (diq) — low and/or reduced in price
• Zhuang: bienzngeiz — low and/or reduced in price
• Zhuang: cienh — low and/or reduced in price
• Armenian: էժանագին (ēžanagin) — of poor quality
• Basque: merke — of poor quality
• Bulgarian: долнока́чествен (dolnokáčestven) — of poor quality
• Catalan: barat — of poor quality
• Chinese Cantonese: 渣 (zaa2) — of poor quality
• Chinese Cantonese: 鮓 /鲊 (zaa2) — of poor quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 低級的 /低级的 (dījí de) — of poor quality
• Danish: tarvelig — of poor quality
• Dutch: goedkoop — of poor quality
• Dutch: laagwaardig — of poor quality
• Dutch: ordinair — of poor quality
• Finnish: kehno — of poor quality
• Finnish: huono — of poor quality
• Finnish: halpa — of poor quality
• Finnish: huonolaatuinen — of poor quality
• French: à deux balles — of poor quality
• French: au rabais — of poor quality
• German: billig — of poor quality
• Greek: φτηνός (ftinós) — of poor quality
• Ancient Greek: εὐτελής (eutelḗs) — of poor quality
• Hindi: निम्नगुणवत्ता (nimnaguṇvattā) — of poor quality
• Hungarian: olcsó — of poor quality
• Hungarian: ócska — of poor quality
• Indonesian: murahan — of poor quality
• Italian: scadente — of poor quality
• Japanese: 安っぽい (yasuppoi) — of poor quality
• Japanese: 安物の (yasumono no) — of poor quality
• Japanese: チープ (chīpu) — of poor quality
• Central Kurdish: توڕەھات (turrehat) — of poor quality
• Latin: vīlis — of poor quality
• Latvian: lēts — of poor quality
• Macedonian: евтин (evtin) — of poor quality
• Macedonian: неквалите́тен (nekvalitéten) — of poor quality
• Old English: undīere — of poor quality
• Pashto: ارزان (arzân) — of poor quality
• Polish: tandetny — of poor quality
• Portuguese: barato — of poor quality
• Russian: низкопро́бный (nizkopróbnyj) — of poor quality
• Russian: нека́чественный (nekáčestvennyj) — of poor quality
• Russian: низкока́чественный (nizkokáčestvennyj) — of poor quality
• Serbo-Croatian: јефтин — of poor quality
• Serbo-Croatian: неквалитетан — of poor quality
• Serbo-Croatian: jeftin — of poor quality
• Serbo-Croatian: nekvalitetan — of poor quality
• Slovene: cenen — of poor quality
• Spanish: barato — of poor quality
• Spanish: corriente — of poor quality
• Spanish: chimbo — of poor quality
• Spanish: chafa — of poor quality
• Spanish: deterior — of poor quality
• Spanish: purrio — of poor quality
• Spanish: chanta — of poor quality
• Swedish: billig — of poor quality
• Tamil: தரம் குறைந்த (taram kuṟainta) — of poor quality
• Telugu: తక్కువ రకం (takkuva rakaṁ) — of poor quality
• Turkish: ucuz — of poor quality
• Turkish: adi — of poor quality
• Turkish: kıytırık — of poor quality
• Turkish: uyuz — of poor quality
• Armenian: էժանագին (ēžanagin) — of little worth
• Bulgarian: е́втин (évtin) — of little worth
• Chinese Mandarin: 價廉的 /价廉的 (jiàlián de) — of little worth
• Danish: billig — of little worth
• Dutch: goedkoop — of little worth
• Dutch: waardeloos — of little worth
• Dutch: schamel — of little worth
• Finnish: vähäarvoinen — of little worth
• Finnish: arvoton — of little worth
• French: modique — of little worth
• Greek: φτηνός (ftinós) — of little worth
• Hungarian: olcsó — of little worth
• Hungarian: értéktelen — of little worth
• Italian: scadente — of little worth
• Central Kurdish: بێقیمەت (bêqîmet) — of little worth
• Latin: vīlis — of little worth
• Latvian: lēts — of little worth
• Macedonian: евтин (evtin) — of little worth
• Old English: undīere — of little worth
• Polish: tandetny — of little worth
• Portuguese: vil — of little worth
• Portuguese: reles — of little worth
• Russian: дешёвый (dešóvyj) — of little worth
• Serbo-Croatian: јефтин — of little worth
• Serbo-Croatian: jeftin — of little worth
• Slovene: cenen — of little worth
• Swedish: billig — of little worth
• Telugu: స్వల్ప లాభం (svalpa lābhaṁ) — of little worth
• Turkish: ucuz — of little worth
• Turkish: adi — of little worth
• Zazaki: erzan (diq) — of little worth
• Bulgarian: е́втин (évtin) — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Chinese Mandarin: 卑鄙 (bēi bì) — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Danish: billig — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Finnish: halpamainen — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Finnish: raukkamainen — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Macedonian: евтин (evtin) — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Polish: tani — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Swedish: billig — slang: underhand or unfair in game
• Dutch: gierig — frugal, stingy
• Finnish: pihi — frugal, stingy
• Finnish: kitsas — frugal, stingy
• Finnish: itara — frugal, stingy
• French: radin — frugal, stingy
• French: séraphin — frugal, stingy
• German: geizig — frugal, stingy
• Hindi: कंजूस (kañjūs) — frugal, stingy
• Russian: скупо́й (skupój) — frugal, stingy
• Russian: ска́редный (skárednyj) — frugal, stingy
• Russian: прижи́мистый (prižímistyj) — frugal, stingy
• Turkish: cimri — frugal, stingy
• Zazaki: çıkos — frugal, stingy
• Finnish: halpa — finance: trading at a low price level