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Meanings of cheapen in English

Portuguese
barganhar
Catalan
abaratir

To lower the grade or worth of something.

        barganhar
        Usage of cheapen in English
        1
        At least I don't cheapen myself like other members of this family.
        Another life altogether: a novel
        2
        Trust someone crass like you or your father to cheapen a beautiful-
        The Great Book of Amber
        3
        He clung tenaciously to the fifty-cent basis-togo lower would cheapen him.
        The Fortune Hunter
        4
        To quote or to individualize would be to cheapen this vast offering.
        Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910
        5
        She evidently had no desire to cheapen that which she would deny.
        The Sowers
        6
        Don't cheapen the product; don't cheapen the wage; don't overcharge the public.
        My Life and Work
        7
        The veteran retailer and Premier Investments chairman, thinks they cheapen the brand.
        News.com.au
        8
        But the spectacle of the state taking life must tend to cheapen it.
        Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
        9
        But we hope in time to be able to cheapen the whole car.
        The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
        10
        They cheapen life and nothing good comes from too many people.
        The Guardian
        11
        I think the repetition has a tendency to cheapen the Sacrament.
        The Altar Steps
        12
        He loved with single heart and refused to cheapen himself or his love.
        The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
        13
        Therein shall be the market for thee where thou mayst cheapen thy betrothed.
        The Story of the Glittering Plain / Which Has Been Also Called t...
        14
        I learned such things then, and they cheapen what I have since learned.
        Martin Eden
        15
        I must look into that: it would cheapen the repairs.
        Middlemarch
        16
        The law of competition seems to cheapen comforts and luxuries.
        The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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