low-cost

See also: lowcost

English

Alternative forms

• lowcost

Adjective

low-cost (comparative lower-cost or more low-cost, superlative lowest-cost or most low-cost)

1. Low in price; cheap, inexpensive.

   Antonym: high-cost

   • 2020 November 18, Industry Insider, “Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68:

     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.

   • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• low-cost carrier, low cost carrier

References

• “low-cost”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Costlow, cowlots