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low-cost

[loh-kawst, -kost] / ˈloʊˈkɔst, -ˈkɒst /
ADJECTIVE
cheap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
economical inexpensive low-priced
WEAK
at a bargain bargain bargain-basement bargain-counter bought for a song budget buy cheapo competitive cost next to nothing cut-price cut-rate depreciated dime a dozen easy on the pocketbook half-priced irregular low low tariff lowered marked down moderate nominal on sale popularly priced real buy reasonable reduced sale slashed standard steal uncostly undear utility worth the money
Antonyms
STRONGEST
expensive high-priced

Example Sentences

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The chief executives of several low-cost carriers were in Washington, D.C., last Tuesday to meet with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration chief Bryan Bedford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

For any such fund even to keep up with a low-cost index fund it must produce heroic gross returns.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

But as free and low-cost routes like community colleges and union apprenticeships fill up, more students are turning to more costly private options, where tuition can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Rare earths are particularly important as a low-cost catalyst in the hydrogen supply chain, for instance, in the recovery process when the gas is transported long-haul as ammonia.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

I can see her at the funeral, a shoddy, low-cost affair held in the basement of some dubious funeral parlor.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole