Define cheapness?

Question

I mean its different for different people.

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand your question.
are you talking about the money they spend ?
To me being cheap is denying your self or your family of things they really need..Or not giving to someone if you are in a position to help.There is a difference in being frugal and being cheap

Or in appearance of a person ,its low cut tops and skimpy
clothing,a no class attitude,cursing all the time in your speech,no manners,loud crass people are cheap,and its not how much money they have or spend, its their actions.Lack of respect for laws and
others rights.That cheapens a persons character.

Answer 2

Cheapness is not sharing your burden or your share, especially when it comes to money. Some people tip 2.00 dollars for a well served meal at a restaurant while others tip 5.00 dollars for the same service. A cheap person is one that has the means, but pays out as though he was flat broke. I personally do not like to hang out with cheap persons because that also reflects on you, by association. If I do go out to a place to eat I will put my tip in the servers hand, because the cheap person will have the audacity to take your tip and his cheap tip and give it to the server so as to look good, or cover up his cheapness. This is also true of these people when exchanging gifts and contributing to other causes, if they contribute at all. Cheap people are very noticeable in society and are a subject of conversation when they are not around......KECK

Answer 3

I'm going to go with cheap labor or cheap goods since we're in this forum. It's one thing to have bodies to just do a job, and another to have someone with skill and knowledge or even pride in the quality of the goods. We had an instance here where a dentist hired somone off the street to be a dental assistant. We do have people out there trained to be dental assistants who know more than just what the instruments are and what the terminology is and they cost more to hire. But anyway...a little girl, 5, came in for here first dental appt. I don't recall if she was having a tooth filled or just an exam. They did something to her and at any rate she died. I don't know if they gave her something to relax her or what......but a trained assistant would have known what to watch for. Whether it be double checking the Dr's orders or simply knowing the signs of drug allergy, or overdose etc. She would have known what to do and maybe prevented this childs death. But instead...to save a couple bucks...he hired someone he could tell what he wanted her to know, yet not really be trained well enough. If I'm being drugged.....I don't want a secretary sitting next to me. I want someone trained.

We had a carpenter call in to a talk show about the cheap quality of screws and nails etc. that they are expected to worth with. I know I have put things together and had screws strip out with the slighest amount of tightning. There are some things you just depend on having a reasonable amout of quality in for some durability. It's going fast in so many things we spend a sizeable amount of money on. Refridgerator maximum life span of 10 yrs.? AC and furnace, 10 years? Those used to be almost well built enough to work a lifetime. Cheap is the lunchmeat pan in the fridge that broke when I removed the tape holding it secure during delivery. They replaced it but the receipt said 75.00 for it. I wouldn't pay 5 bucks for it. Those used to be made of metal. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to be able to remove tape without something breaking.

I guess I was raised to expect a reasonable amount of quality and protection. I couldn't work for a place where people just shot stuff through an assembly line and knew something was wrong or un-healthy and didn't do something about it. People used to take pride in their work.....not just go through the motions. Owners used to appreciate employees who did rock the boat and speak out on things like that. Afterall....it was their reputation on the line. Not anymore. Shut-up and just do it and let it slide till we get sued. Cheap is putting uneaten rolls from a bread basket into another basket for another table when people are paying top bucks for a meal. Cheap is when a restaurant dims their lights so low you can't see that the lettuce is turning. Cheap is when a store dips their meat in bleach so they can sell it.

Cheap is when they say "solid wood top" and it's a venere over wood particle board. I guess it is solid and there is wood in it.....but it's not my idea of solid wood.

Answer 4

To me, cheapness is someone not wanting to spend any more money than they absolutely HAVE to spend.. but they want to "appear" to spend more.

Instead of giving someone an inexpensive gift of good quality, they may buy something more extravagent but it will not be of very good quality.

Another form of cheapness.. is saving every bit of money that you can.. I used to have a monthly electric bill (all electric house) of about $23.. then I got married and now my monthly electric bill is about $150 to $250.. by myself I could control the cost by keeping the thermostat down in winter and up in summer.. but this is not good to do if you have children in the house...

Another form of cheapness.. I used to cut out coupons from the newspaper and ride my bicycle to each store to buy only the items that were on sale (and only if they were a good bargain too)...

And the last form of cheapness I can think of.. is in making something.. using the very least amount of materials in the most economical way.. no matter what it does to the design of the object (this is how we get cars that require you to unbolt the rear motor mounts and jack up the engine in order to change the back spark plugs).. This can take the best engineering project and turn it into junk but then.. lots of people buy junk.

Answer 5

In its purest form, cheapness merely means inexpensiveness.
Which does not necessarily imply tastelessness or tackiness.
In other words, you don't have to spend a lot of money to not look cheap, so even if one spends rather modestly, that doesn't necessarily mean one can be described as cheap.

Answer 6

In terms of cost its cheap when you can acquire it for less than its cost price.
In terms of people a person is cheap if he/she has no morals whatsoever.

Answer 7

a) When cost of a good or service is favorably considered in scenarios such that it grossly outweighs the chance to be entertained or obtain something simple.

b) Refusal to pay for something that is either extremely inexpensive or reasonably worthwhile

Answer 8

Frugal, spend thrift, smart. Consumer conscious. Anti-consumer advocate.

Answer 9

tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Answer 10

Morals or Money?