"on the cheap" meaning in English

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        "Synonym of cheaply or economically."
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        "(informal) Synonym of cheaply or economically."
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        "Too cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality."
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        "(informal) Too cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "halvalla"
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      "roman": "po dešóvke",
      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "по дешёвке"
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      "sense": "too economically",
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      "word": "de baratillo"
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      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "rẻ tiền"
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        "(informal) Synonym of cheaply or economically."
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      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "halvalla"
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      "roman": "po dešóvke",
      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "по дешёвке"
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      "sense": "too economically",
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      "word": "de baratillo"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "too economically",
      "word": "rẻ tiền"
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  "word": "on the cheap"
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