cheap alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcheapandalternative
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cheap
adjective
uk/tʃiːp/us/tʃiːp/
costing little money or less than is usual ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofcheapandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcheap alternative
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In developing countries, battery-operated spinning disc sprayers are acheapalternativefor resourcepoor farmers.
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It offered acheapalternativeto governmental social agencies.
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In their wake has come junk faxing, thecheapalternativeto direct mailing and tele-selling, by which salesmen can send out thousands of advertisements each day.
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It is incorrect to view a central discontinuance fund as acheapalternativeto the minimum funding requirement.
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However, if it is to be properly instituted, community care will not be acheapalternative.
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No economic good can come from making part-time workers acheapalternativeto full-time workers.
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This should not be seen as acheapalternativeto probation work.
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That must be good, but we must recognise that it is not acheapalternativeto residential accommodation.
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One of the hopes of bringing the price of oil down is if we have acheapalternativefuel; otherwise, cost inflation is absolutely unlimited.
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Far too many people believe that community care is acheapalternative.
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In creating lettings for the associations, the scheme provides acheapalternativethat offers value for money.
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It is only said that there is no equallycheapalternative.
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They are acheapalternative.
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Caring at home is acheapalternative.
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Equally, it was clear from the witnesses that there is a shared acceptance of the fact that care in the community is not acheapalternativeto institutional care.
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He cannot go for acheapalternative.
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It is a mistake for those outside the health and social services sector to look upon community care as some sort of unskilledcheapalternativeto hospital-based services.
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This is a relativelycheapalternative, because the plane is cheap to buy and run and the launches are fast and again relatively cheap to run.
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Metal stock tanks have also been used as acheapalternativefor a hot tub.
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By providing acheapalternative, photography supplanted much of the lowest level of portrait painting.
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