Expatriate (money) and cheap(2) (iou)

Expatriate (money)

Definition: [crh] An employee who is a U.S. citizen living and working in a foreign country.

cheap adjective & adverb. L15.
[Ellipt. for good cheap: see CHEAP noun.]
A. adjective.
Low in price or charge made, absolutely or in relation to value; not costly, inexpensive. L15.
Ld Macaulay The Services of a Secretary of State..well qualified for his post would have been cheap at five thousand.
b. Having or charging low prices. L16.
Oxford English Dictionary He is not a cheap tailor.
c. Of a fare, rate, etc.: lower than the ordinary fare etc. E18.
d. Of money: available on loan at a low rate of interest. M19.
Low in value, worthless, paltry. L16.
S. Johnson The cheap reward of empty praise. T. Stoppard A cynical pursuit of cheap sensationalism.
Lightly esteemed; esp. brought into contempt through overfamiliarity. L16.
S. Pepys Making the king cheap and ridiculous.
fig. Easily got or made; involving little labour, effort, etc. E17.
Shakespeare Measure for Measure 'Twere the cheaper way: Better it were a brother died at once Than that a sister, by redeeming him, Should die for ever. J. Runciman My kisses ain't cheap.
In poor Health, out of sorts. slang. L19.
b. adverb. At a low price, cheaply; easily. M16.
Phrases, special collocations, & comb.: cheap and cheerful inexpensive but not unattractive. cheap and nasty of low cost and poor quality. cheapjack noun & adjective (a) noun a hawker at a fair; (b) adjective inferior, shoddy; cheapskate: see SKATE noun3. dirt cheap: see DIRT noun. feel cheap slang feel ashamed or ill. hold cheap despise. on the cheap cheaply.
cheapie adjective & noun (dial. & slang) = cheapo L19.
cheaply adverb M16.
cheapness noun M16.
cheapo adjective & noun (slang), pl. -os, (something) inexpensive (cf. EL CHEAPO) M20.

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