Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Sold or on sale at a reduced price.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective offering goods or services at less than standard price or rate.
- adjective costing less than standard price.
- noun a price below the standard price.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Offered for
sale orrent at a lower than usual rate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a price below the standard price
- adjective costing less than standard price
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Examples
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As odd as the idea of cut-rate, illicit, butt-boosting injections may sound, this case is far from the first that has made headlines - and in some cases, the outcome has been deadly.
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Here government, at least on a small scale, is a reliable partner as a community development organization called the University Cultural Center Association aids start-ups in the Midtown neighborhood with financing, tax credits, cut-rate rents on space and technical advice on everything from bookkeeping to marketing.
John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal John Gerzema 2010
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Yet the world of technology has embraced the slumdwellers with its cheap cell phones and cut-rate calling plans that charge a sliver of a penny a minute.
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This barber was an Armenian-born guy who looked like a cut-rate Antonio Banderas, only unlike Antonio I doubt he would have been aroused by the sight of Melanie Griffith.
Charlie Carillo: Pound for Pound, It Was a Costly Cut Charlie Carillo 2011
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They offer cut-rate fares — gamblers can pay $12 round-trip from Chinatown to the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, and get a $60 bonus at the casino.
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Reynolds, Altria Group Inc. and other industry giants are lobbying the Florida Legislature to close what they say is a loophole that allows Dosal to sell its cigarettes at cut-rate prices.
Florida Cigarette Maker Battles Proposed State Fees David Kesmodel 2011
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Instead, Nasri was 10 months away from becoming a free agent and, faced with the prospect of losing him for nothing, Arsenal was forced to take the cut-rate offer.
Van Persie: Arsenal's Money in the Bank Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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Here government, at least on a small scale, is a reliable partner as a community development organization called the University Cultural Center Association aids start-ups in the Midtown neighborhood with financing, tax credits, cut-rate rents on space and technical advice on everything from bookkeeping to marketing.
John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal John Gerzema 2010
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The idea of offering cut-rate prices temporarily to boost demand might not seem so radical in retailing.
E-Book Prices Get Slashed Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2012
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In an era where ESPN's greatest threat is a death by a thousand cuts from emerging specialized channels — NFL Network, MLB Network, Big Ten Network — Versus seems like a cut-rate generalist whose top properties — NHL and Tour de France — aren't a claim to fame.
A Comcast takeover could bring more tools, questions to NBC Sports 2009
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