Cheap Definition–adjective | 1. | costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress. | | 2. | costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap. | | 3. | charging low prices: a very cheap store. | | 4. | of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy: cheap conduct; cheap workmanship. | | 5. | embarrassed; sheepish: He felt cheap about his mistake. | | 6. | obtainable at a low rate of interest: when money is cheap. | | 7. | of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation. | | 8. | stingy; miserly: He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee. | –adverb | 9. | at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap. | —Idioms | 10. | cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price. | | 11. | on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap. | |
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Dsl Definition | digital subscriber line: a technology that allows high-speed transmission of text, audio, and video, usually over standard telephone lines; a form of broadband transmission. | |
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Service Definition–noun | 1. | an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service. | | 2. | the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. | | 3. | the providing or a provider of accommodation and activities required by the public, as maintenance, repair, etc.: The manufacturer guarantees service and parts. | | 4. | the organized system of apparatus, appliances, employees, etc., for supplying some accommodation required by the public: a television repair service. | | 5. | the supplying or a supplier of public communication and transportation: telephone service; bus service. | | 6. | the performance of duties or the duties performed as or by a waiter or servant; occupation or employment as a waiter or servant. | | 7. | employment in any duties or work for a person, organization, government, etc. | | 8. | a department of public employment, an administrative division of a government, or the body of public servants in it: the diplomatic service. | | 9. | the duty or work of public servants. | | 10. | the serving of a sovereign, state, or government in some official capacity. | | 11. | Military. | a. | the armed forces: in the service. | | b. | a branch of the armed forces, as the army or navy: Which service were you in during the war? | | | 12. | Ordnance. the actions required in loading and firing a cannon: service of the piece. | | 13. | Often, services. the performance of any duties or work for another; helpful or professional activity: medical services. | | 14. | something made or done by a commercial organization for the public benefit and without regard to direct profit: Certain books are published at a loss as a public service. | | 15. | Also called divine service. public religious worship according to prescribed form and order. | | 16. | <
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