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cheap
Adjective
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If something is cheap, it costs very little money.
"I bought this for $37 last week, but today I saw it in the store for only $22." "Wow! That's cheap."
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If something is cheap, it is low in quality.
I don't like that jacket. It looks too cheap. Is it plastic?
rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.