low-cost
Easy on wallets
Low-cost describes something available at a relatively small price, emphasizing affordability over cheapness: low-cost housing, low-cost airlines.
The term often appears in policy and business contexts where price accessibility matters: The clinic provides low-cost healthcare to uninsured patients.
Unlike cheap, low-cost carries no suggestion of poor quality.
Low in price
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- substandardBelow required quality
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
cut-rate · trashy · tacky · unreliable · disposable · knockoff · imitation · mass-produced
Favorable purchase price
- dealAgreement or distribution
- saleExchange for payment
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- markdownReduction in retail price
rebate · promotion · savings · coupon · voucher · reduced · slashed · rollback
Plan for spending
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
- accessibleAble to be reached
modest · practical · sensible · manageable · feasible · competitive · entry-level · attainable
cheap
Low in price
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- substandardBelow required quality
second-rate · cut-rate · trashy · tacky · unreliable · disposable · knockoff · imitation · mass-produced · downmarket
bargain
Favorable purchase price
markdown · rebate · promotion · savings · coupon · voucher · reduced · slashed · rollback · closeout
budget
Plan for spending
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
accessible · modest · practical · sensible · manageable · feasible · competitive · entry-level · attainable · within-reach
worth
Degree of importance
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- efficiencyProductive without waste
return · savvy · advantageous · practical · sensible · thrifty · frugal · prudent · maximize · optimize
- bargainsbargain, bargain hunting, discount store, coupon, rebate
- product qualitiesdurable, lightweight, flexible, sturdy, portable
- mass marketmass-produced, mainstream, commercial, popular, widespread
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- no-frillsno-frills, bare-bones, basic, plain, simple
low, cost, costs, costly, discounted, accost, costing, costed, low-priced