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cut-rate

adj

Definitions

  1. Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate.

    • Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty.

  2. Cheaply made.

    • Near-synonyms: second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate, fifth-rate
    • For this jobsite, we'll have none of those shoddy, cut-rate materials, please. Send us the good stuff for this job.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA