Cut-rate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cut-rate is an adjective meaning Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate.
Meaning
Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Cheaply made.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate, fifth-rate
Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty.
For this jobsite, we'll have none of those shoddy, cut-rate materials, please. Send us the good stuff for this job.
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 .
Synonyms for cut-rate
Depending on context, synonyms include discount, second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate, fifth-rate, bargain.
Antonyms for cut-rate
Common opposites include first-rate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cut-price, inexpensive, cheap, bargain, half-price, half-rate.
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