cut-rate
Collocations
3ADJ.
available
CUT-RATE + NOUN
airfares, class
ADV.
sometimes
Definitions
adj
Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate.
Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty.
Cut-rate first class return fares are again on offer for weekend travel between London and Glasgow or Edinburgh until March 25; compared with the ordinary fare of £10 16s, £7 10s is the Saturday price of a first class return between Euston and Glasgow, while £7 7s 6d, instead of £10 13s, buys a first class return on Saturdays between Edinburgh Waverley and Kings Cross ...
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — costing less than standard price
- bargain-priced
- cut-price
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty.
WiktionaryCut-rate first class return fares are again on offer for weekend travel between London and Glasgow or Edinburgh until March 25; compared with the ordinary fare of £10 16s, £7 10s is the Saturday price
WiktionaryNear-synonyms: second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate, fifth-rate
Wiktionary