See cheapen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "poevtinjavam",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "поевтинявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "desencarir-se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlevnit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "halveta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "halventua"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "ísligh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "depreciar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to bargain for",
"word": "tinkiä"
}
],
"word": "cheapen"
}
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