cheapness

From cheap +‎ -ness.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃiːpnəs/

cheapness (usually uncountable, plural cheapnesses)

1. The state of being cheap.

   Synonyms: frugality, parsimony, thriftiness

   • 1800, Edmond Malone, The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden:

     Her mother, in 1684, retiring with'her daughter, for cheapness, to some place in Surrey, (she does not tell us where,) became acquainted with Dr. Glisson […]

   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 85:

     Mrs. Jallatt didn't study cheapness, but somehow she generally attained it.

   • 2004, James Keith Elliott, The Collected Biblical Writings of T.C. Skeat:

     He was also interested in the cost of book production, as can be seen in his article on the cheapness of papyrus as a writing material.