at a low price
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Definition
Adverb For a relatively small amount of money; cheaply.
Usage
This adverbial phrase is used to describe the action of buying or selling something for a cost that is considered inexpensive or below the usual market value. It emphasizes the affordability of the transaction.
Examples
- The store is selling last season's models at a low price.
- We managed to purchase the antique furniture at a low price at the auction.
- He travels frequently because he knows how to find flights at a low price.
Advanced Usage
- "to buy/sell/get something at a low price": This is the most common construction, directly linking the transaction to the favorable cost.
- Investors aim to buy stocks at a low price and sell them when their value increases.
Variants and Related Words
- For a song (idiom): An informal idiom meaning to buy or sell something for a very low price, often surprisingly so.
- They bought that beautiful painting for a song at a garage sale.
- Cheaply (adverb): A more common and direct synonym.
- Inexpensively (adverb): A formal synonym focusing on the low cost.
Synonyms
- Cheaply
- Inexpensively
- For a bargain price
- For peanuts (informal idiom)
Antonyms
- At a high price
- Expensively
- Costly
Related Phrases
- At a bargain price: Similar to "at a low price," but often implies the price is an especially good deal or a reduction from a higher original price.
- She found a designer dress at a bargain price during the sale.
- On the cheap (informal phrase): Doing something while spending very little money.
- We renovated the kitchen on the cheap by doing all the work ourselves.
Adverb
- for a relatively small amount of money
- we bought the house for a song