Cheapening
[tʃi:pənɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheapen
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Examples
- In 1882, however, a machine for doing this was invented, thereby dispensing with the old hand method and cheapening the operation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Late improvements in the manufacture of inks are due to the discovery and cheapening of substances which can be used in preparing them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Another was a cheapening of school-books. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of the incidents which caused a very great cheapening was that, when we started, one of the important processes had to be done by experts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For cheapening the cost of buttonholes, and reducing the hand labor, various buttonhole machines and attachments to sewing machines have been devised. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A friend of mine was the other day cheapening some trifles at a shopkeeper's, and after a few words they agreed on a price. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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