1
: marked by, offering, or making use of a reduced rate or price
cut-rate stores
2
: second-rate, cheap
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Examples of cut-rate in a Sentence
opted for a cut-rate insurance policy because we didn't need anything more
a cut-rate motel that looked like the kind at which people in horror movies always end up
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Note that cut-rate financing programs are generally restricted to those having stellar credit scores and qualifying incomes.
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
In contrast, Wojnicz has a front seat to what reads hilariously as a cut-rate, drunken version down the street.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Ion, which is owned by Scripps, acquired rights for the WNBA in 2023 on a cut-rate, three-year pact; the league has recently seen its viewership explode, even more so after welcoming a popular 2024 draft class headlined by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
There still are plenty of cut-rate, ski-bum haunts – lodging encircling the elegant 968 Park include the Paradice Motel, the Black Jack Inn and the Mark Twain Lodge – and a Burger King remains cleverly disguised in Heavenly Village near a fancy new Latin restaurant, Azul.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The judge made the whimsical claim that JetBlue might abuse its new size to stop offering cut-rate fares.
—Stephen Moore, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
On the surface, the dispute that led to the blockade is simple: Polish truckers are upset about cut-rate competition from Ukrainian drivers who are not subject to the same rules on working hours and wages as drivers from the European Union.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
The i3 may have wheels that look like pizza cutters, but there's nothing cut-rate about it.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 16 July 2023
Multibillion-dollar incumbents like Toto, as well as newcomers such as Tushy and Luxe, have stormed the U.S. market, along with a flood of cut-rate manufacturers on Amazon.
—Michael J. Coren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
In contrast, Wojnicz has a front seat to what reads hilariously as a cut-rate, drunken version down the street.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Ion, which is owned by Scripps, acquired rights for the WNBA in 2023 on a cut-rate, three-year pact; the league has recently seen its viewership explode, even more so after welcoming a popular 2024 draft class headlined by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
There still are plenty of cut-rate, ski-bum haunts – lodging encircling the elegant 968 Park include the Paradice Motel, the Black Jack Inn and the Mark Twain Lodge – and a Burger King remains cleverly disguised in Heavenly Village near a fancy new Latin restaurant, Azul.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The judge made the whimsical claim that JetBlue might abuse its new size to stop offering cut-rate fares.
—Stephen Moore, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
On the surface, the dispute that led to the blockade is simple: Polish truckers are upset about cut-rate competition from Ukrainian drivers who are not subject to the same rules on working hours and wages as drivers from the European Union.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
The i3 may have wheels that look like pizza cutters, but there's nothing cut-rate about it.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 16 July 2023
Multibillion-dollar incumbents like Toto, as well as newcomers such as Tushy and Luxe, have stormed the U.S. market, along with a flood of cut-rate manufacturers on Amazon.
—Michael J. Coren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
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“Cut-rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut-rate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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