cheap·en (chē'pən)

v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To make cheap or cheaper.
2. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade: misconduct that cheapened a high office.

v.intr.
To become cheap or cheaper.

cheapener cheap'en·er n.

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