"low-cost" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lower-cost",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more low-cost",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowest-cost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most low-cost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lower-cost",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "lowest-cost",
        "sup2": "most"
      },
      "expansion": "low-cost (comparative lower-cost or more low-cost, superlative lowest-cost or most low-cost)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "high-cost"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "low-cost carrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "low cost carrier"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, Industry Insider, “Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "For passengers, the decline in numbers using the short sea route (to 1.8 million in 2017) reflects the emergence of low-cost airlines and the expansion of flights serving Ireland from many regional airports in Britain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine",
          "text": "Lower-cost B.B.L.s have created a market for similarly priced postoperative care. These are not the relaxing, spalike havens like the ones that serve wealthier clientele.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Low in price; cheap, inexpensive."
      ],
      "id": "en-low-cost-en-adj-W-42zIwM",
      "links": [
        [
          "Low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "cheap",
          "cheap"
        ],
        [
          "inexpensive",
          "inexpensive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lowcost"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "low-cost"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "low-cost carrier"
    },
    {
      "word": "low cost carrier"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lower-cost",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more low-cost",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lowest-cost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most low-cost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lower-cost",
        "2": "more",
        "sup": "lowest-cost",
        "sup2": "most"
      },
      "expansion": "low-cost (comparative lower-cost or more low-cost, superlative lowest-cost or most low-cost)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "high-cost"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, Industry Insider, “Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "For passengers, the decline in numbers using the short sea route (to 1.8 million in 2017) reflects the emergence of low-cost airlines and the expansion of flights serving Ireland from many regional airports in Britain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine",
          "text": "Lower-cost B.B.L.s have created a market for similarly priced postoperative care. These are not the relaxing, spalike havens like the ones that serve wealthier clientele.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Low in price; cheap, inexpensive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "cheap",
          "cheap"
        ],
        [
          "inexpensive",
          "inexpensive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lowcost"
    }
  ],
  "word": "low-cost"
}