bargain basement
Budget shopping floor
A bargain basement is a store's lower level where discounted merchandise is sold, or any place offering deeply reduced prices.
The term often works as an adjective meaning cheap or cut-rate: bargain-basement prices, a bargain-basement operation.
The modifier usually implies not just low cost but low quality—corners cut, standards lowered.
Low in price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- dealsAgreements or distributions
- markdownsLowered retail prices
- low-costRequiring little money
budget-friendly · inexpensive · affordable · cut-rate · thrifty · savings · sale · value
Of poor craftsmanship
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- inferiorOf lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
- low-qualitySubstandard in nature
flimsy · tacky · dingy · shabby · no-frills · bare-bones · downmarket · bottom-tier
cheap
Low in price
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- dealsAgreements or distributions
- markdownsLowered retail prices
low-cost · budget-friendly · inexpensive · affordable · cut-rate · thrifty · savings · sale · value · economy
shoddy
Of poor craftsmanship
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- inferiorOf lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
low-quality · flimsy · tacky · dingy · shabby · no-frills · bare-bones · downmarket · bottom-tier · mass-produced
department store
Large multi-section retail establishment
- downstairsOn a lower floor
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
liquidation · surplus · warehouse · outlet · inventory · racks · bins · rummage · crowded · fluorescent
- discount storesdiscounter, Dollar General, dollar store, dollar stores, Dollar Tree
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
bargain basementpenthouse suite
Topmost luxury lodging
flagship store · Fifth Avenue · Rodeo Drive · boutique · salon
bargain, basement, bargaining, bargained, bargainer, bargainers