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bargain basement

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Source Word

bargain basement

Noun

attributive idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

店舗内で、特に地下などに配置され、最も安価な商品が販売される区域。 / （形容詞的用法で）安価な、格安のものを示す

What is this buttons?

I found a vintage coat in the bargain basement, among racks of deeply discounted winter wear.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私は地下のクリアランスコーナーで、値引きされた冬物のラックの中からヴィンテージのコートを見つけました。

Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(attributively, often hyphenated) Inexpensive.

The Soviet Union is offering to send commercial satellites into orbit at bargain-basement prices.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(idiomatic, attributively, often hyphenated) Of poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy.

"This nation can't afford bargain-basement cops any more," says Oregon's Multnomah County (Portland) Sheriff Donald Clark. . . . Almost everyone agrees that U.S. police sorely need more education.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

bargain basements

（ plural ）

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