cut-price
/ˌkʌt ˈpraɪs/adjective
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सस्ते दाम का, रियायती दर पर बिकने वाला
Core word
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[usually before noun] British
sold at a lower price than usual, or selling goods at low prices
सस्ते दाम का, रियायती दर पर बिकने वाला
- They bought cut-price tickets for the evening show.
- There is a cut-price store near our college.
- The airline offers cut-price flights during the off-season.
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- We bought a cut-price phone from the online sale.
- Cut-price offers bring crowds of shoppers.
Synonyms cheap discounted reduced
Opposite expensive
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at a lower price than usual
कम दाम पर, रियायती दर से
- We managed to get the sofa cut-price.
- The tickets were sold cut-price on the last day.
- They sold the old stock cut-price to make room.
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- You can buy stationery cut-price near the college gate.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cut-price + noun (adjective)
Before a noun, cut-price means sold at a lower price than usual.
Noun से पहले 'cut-price' का अर्थ सामान्य से कम क़ीमत पर बिकने वाला है।
- They sell cut-price medicines at the corner shop.
- A cut-price airline offered a ticket for 2,000 rupees.
cut-price (adverb)
As an adverb, it comes after the verb, as in buy cut-price or sell cut-price.
Adverb के रूप में यह क्रिया के बाद आता है, जैसे buy cut-price या sell cut-price।
- You can buy furniture cut-price at the end of the season.
cut-price vs cheap
Cut-price suggests a reduced price on something that normally costs more, while cheap can also suggest poor quality.
'Cut-price' सामान्यतः महँगी वस्तु पर घटा हुआ दाम बताता है, जबकि 'cheap' घटिया गुणवत्ता का संकेत भी दे सकता है।
- It is a cut-price offer, not a cheap imitation.
cut-price offer / sale / deal
Offer, sale and deal are the nouns that most often follow cut-price.
Cut-price के बाद सबसे अधिक offer, sale और deal जैसे noun आते हैं।
- The Diwali sale had cut-price deals on shoes.
cut-price vs discounted vs sale price
Cut-price is an adjective for goods sold cheaply, discounted refers to a reduction from the earlier price, and sale price names the new price.
'Cut-price' सस्ते बिकने वाली वस्तुओं का adjective है, 'discounted' पुराने दाम से कमी बताता है, और 'sale price' नया दाम बताता है।
- The shirt has a sale price of 400 rupees.
- The discounted shirt was a cut-price buy.
+Collocations 5
cut-price + noun
offerticketdealairlinegoods
- The cut-price tickets were sold out in an hour.
verb + cut-price
buysellofferadvertisefind
- The shop sells branded shoes cut-price in January.
cut-price + shop
storesupermarketchemistbookshop
- She bought her textbooks at a cut-price bookshop.
adverb + cut-price
veryheavilyextremelyattractively
- The heavily cut-price clothes disappeared fast.
cut-price + festival
Diwali offersEid saleHoli saleend-of-season sale
- Shops advertise cut-price offers before Diwali.
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- Cut-price mobiles attract many first-time buyers.
सस्ते दाम वाले मोबाइल पहली बार ख़रीदने वालों को बहुत आकर्षित करते हैं।
- The bookstall offered cut-price copies of old magazines.
पुस्तक-स्टॉल ने पुरानी पत्रिकाओं की प्रतियाँ घटे हुए दाम पर दीं।
- Radhika bought a cut-price flight ticket to Kochi.
राधिका ने कोच्चि की सस्ती दर की हवाई टिकट ख़रीदी।
- Cut-price stores compete with big supermarkets.
कम दाम वाली दुकानें बड़े सुपरमार्केट से प्रतिस्पर्धा करती हैं।
- Customers queued for the cut-price sale.
ग्राहक घटे दाम की बिक्री के लिए कतार में लगे।
- A cut-price chemist opened beside the hospital and attracted many customers.
अस्पताल के पास कम दाम वाली दवा की दुकान खुली और उसने कई ग्राहक खींचे।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He bought the shirt in a cut price.
✓ He bought the shirt at a cut price.
A price is expressed with at, not in.
दाम बताने के लिए 'at' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
✗ The cut-price goods was sold out.
✓ The cut-price goods were sold out.
Goods is plural and takes the plural verb were.
'Goods' plural है और plural verb 'were' लेता है।