What does cut-rate mean?
Cut-rate means Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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 ...
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.
Use cut-rate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cut-rate means Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate..
Common synonyms include discount, second-rate, third-rate, fourth-rate.
Possible antonyms include first-rate.
Sometimes cut-rate airfares are available because the seat would otherwise go empty.
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