cut-price shop

  • 1cut-price — adj also .cut rate especially AmE 1.) cut price goods or services are cheaper than usual ▪ cut price toys ▪ a travel operator offering cut price deals 2.) a cut price shop sells goods at reduced prices ▪ cut price supermarkets …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2cut-price — UK / US adjective British a) cheaper than the normal price. The American word is cut rate cut price tickets b) used about places that sell cut price goods a cut price shop …

    English dictionary

  • 3cut-price — adjective 1 sold at less than the usual price: cut price petrol 2 a cut price shop, supermarket etc sells goods at reduced prices: a cut price garage …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4cut-price — ADJ: ADJ n Cut price goods or services are cheaper than usual. [BRIT] ...a shop selling cut price videos and CDs in Oxford Street. ...cut price tickets. (in AM, use cut rate) …

    English dictionary

  • 5cut-price — /ˈkʌt praɪs / (say kut pruys) adjective 1. (of goods) for sale at a price lower than the suggested retail price. 2. (of a shop, etc.) dealing in such goods …

  • 6price — A fixed value of something. Prices are usually expressed in monetary terms. In a free market, prices are set as a result of the interaction of supply and demand in a market; when demand for a product increases and supply remains constant, the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 7Charity shop — A charity shop in the UK. A charity shop, thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop (U.S., Canada), resale shop (when not meaning consignment shop [U.S.]) or op shop (Australia/N.Z.) (from opportunity shop …

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  • 8Newsagent's shop — A typical newsstand in New York City. A newsagent s shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local… …

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  • 9bucket shop — n an establishment selling cheap and/or low quality items in large quantities. The phrase has become a standard Brit ish colloquialism for a cut price travel agency. The expression originated in the USA in the 1880s when it referred to share… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 10bucket shop —    an insubstantial vendor of overvalued securities or cut price services    Not an ironmonger, but selling bombed out shares or empty airline seats …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms