The difference between Buy and Cheap

When used as nouns, buy means something which is bought, whereas cheap means trade.

When used as verbs, buy means to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods, whereas cheap means to trade.

Cheap is also adverb with the meaning: cheaply.

Cheap is also adjective with the meaning: low and/or reduced in price.

check bellow for the other definitions of Buy and Cheap

  1. Buy as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

    Examples:

    "I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday."

  2. Buy as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain by some sacrifice.

    Examples:

    "I've [[bought]] material comfort by foregoing my dreams."

  3. Buy as a verb (transitive):

    To bribe.

    Examples:

    "He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs."

  4. Buy as a verb (transitive):

    To be equivalent to in value.

    Examples:

    "The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to."

  5. Buy as a verb (transitive, informal):

    to accept as true; to believe

    Examples:

    "I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!"

  6. Buy as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)

    Examples:

    "She buys for Federated."

    "Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying."

  7. Buy as a verb (poker slang, transitive):

    To make a bluff, usually a large one.

    Examples:

    "Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff"

  1. Buy as a noun:

    Something which is bought; a purchase.

    Examples:

    "At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy."

  1. Cheap as a noun (obsolete):

    Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

  2. Cheap as a noun (obsolete):

    A market; marketplace.

  3. Cheap as a noun:

    Price.

  4. Cheap as a noun (obsolete):

    A low price; a bargain.

  5. Cheap as a noun:

    Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.

  1. Cheap as an adjective:

    Low and/or reduced in price.

  2. Cheap as an adjective:

    Of poor quality.

  3. Cheap as an adjective:

    Of little worth.

  4. Cheap as an adjective (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill):

    Underhand or unfair.

    Examples:

    "the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks"

  5. Cheap as an adjective (informal, chiefly, derogatory):

    Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.

    Examples:

    "Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire."

  1. Cheap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.

  2. Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.

  3. Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To buy; purchase.

  4. Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To sell.

  1. Cheap as an adverb:

    Cheaply.

    Examples:

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