Cheapen

v. t.	1.	To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. - Swift.
	2.	To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. My proffered love has cheapened me. - Dryden.

Verb

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cheapen - lower the grade of something; reduce its worth Synonyms: degrade

adulterate, alloy, bargain, beat down, bid, bid for, break, canker, chaffer, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, cut, cut prices, debase, debauch, decline, decry, defile, deflate, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, depreciate, desecrate, despoil, devaluate, devalue, dicker, distort, dive, downgrade, drive a bargain, fall, fall in price, give way, haggle, higgle, huckster, infect, jew down, lower, mark down, misuse, negotiate, nose-dive, outbid, pare, pervert, plummet, plunge, poison, pollute, prostitute, ravage, ravish, reduce, sag, shave, slash, slump, taint, trim, twist, ulcerate, underbid, undervalue, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, write down, write off

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