cheapen. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

cheapen

SYLLABICATION:	cheap·en
PRONUNCIATION:	chpn
VERB:	Inflected forms: cheap·ened, cheap·en·ing, cheap·ens
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To make cheap or cheaper. 2. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade: misconduct that cheapened a high office.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To become cheap or cheaper.
OTHER FORMS:	cheapen·er —NOUN


The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.