His services don't come cheap. [=his services are not cheap; his services are expensive]
These materials don't come cheap.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
come cheap — not cost a lot of money, add up to a small sum of money … English contemporary dictionary
not come cheap — ► if you say that something does not come cheap, you mean that it is of good quality and is therefore expensive: »If you want a qualified accountant, their services don t come cheap. Main Entry: ↑cheap … Financial and business terms
not come cheap — phrase to cost or charge a lot He doesn’t come cheap, but he gets the job done on time. Thesaurus: to cost a lot of moneysynonym Main entry: cheap … Useful english dictionary
something does not come cheap — sth does not come ˈcheap idiom something is expensive • Violins like this don t come cheap. Main entry: ↑cheapidiom … Useful english dictionary
not come cheap — to cost or charge a lot He doesn t come cheap, but he gets the job done on time … English dictionary
cheap — cheap, cheaply adverbs. Cheap, used as an adverb, has one meaning, ‘at a low price’, and regularly follows the verb as closely as possible: • Picture books seem to end up by being sold off cheap as remaindered volumes Country Life, 1981. Cheaply… … Modern English usage
cheap — Colloquialism implying that a commodity is underpriced. Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * cheap cheap [tʆiːp] adjective 1. not costing very much to buy: • At least the accommodation and food are cheap. • Buyers got their orders in while… … Financial and business terms
cheap — cheap1 [ tʃip ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not expensive ▸ 2 not of good quality ▸ 3 against spending money ▸ 4 unkind/unfair ▸ 5 without value ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) not expensive: People should have access to cheap, fresh food. The local buses are cheap and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cheap — 1 /tSi:p/ adjective 1 PRICE not at all expensive, or lower in price than you expected: You re just not going to find a cheap leather coat. | the cheapest TV on the market | dirt cheap (=extremely low in price): These CDs are dirt cheap. see… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cheap — adj., adv. 1 low price VERBS ▪ be, be going ▪ a brand new radio going cheap ▪ buy sth, get sth, sell sth ▪ … Collocations dictionary
