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on sale

ADJECTIVE
cheap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
competitive economical low-cost low-priced reasonable
WEAK
at a bargain bargain bargain-basement bargain-counter bought for a song budget buy cheapo cost next to nothing cut-price cut-rate depreciated dime a dozen easy on the pocketbook half-priced irregular low tariff lowered marked down moderate nominal popularly priced real buy reduced sale slashed standard steal uncostly undear utility worth the money
Antonyms
STRONGEST
expensive unreasonable
WEAK
costly dear precious priceless valuable
ADJECTIVE
economical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cheap reasonable
WEAK
bare-bones bought for a song cost next to nothing cost nothing cut-rate dime a dozen dirt-cheap dog cheap fair low low tariff low-priced marked down moderate modest quite a buy reduced sound steal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
expensive
WEAK
uneconomical unreasonable
ADJECTIVE
low-cost
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 popularly priced real buy reasonable reduced sale slashed standard steal uncostly undear utility worth the money
Antonyms
STRONGEST
expensive high-priced
ADJECTIVE
procurable
Synonyms
WEAK
acquirable available for sale gettable obtainable purchasable securable
ADVERB
cheaply
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inexpensively poorly reasonably
WEAK
advantageously at a bargain price at a discount at a reduced price cheap dirt-cheap discounted moderately shabbily shoddily

Example Sentences

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If you have a wish list of stocks or closed-end funds that you have wanted to buy if they go on sale, now is the time to get it ready.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Rail tickets, which are limited in number and non-refundable, go on sale on Wednesday at 16:00 BST.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Tickets had only gone on sale on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Investors usually have to pay up for that, but now some are on sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

When they do that, supermarkets find that invariably the sales of the product will go through the roof, the same way they would if the product had actually been put on sale.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell