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LOW-COST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That you have the financial means for
Example:
low-cost housing
Synonyms:
affordable; low-cost; low-priced
Classified under:
Similar:
cheap; inexpensive (relatively low in price or charging low prices)
Context examples:
Built mainly by students and hitching rides into orbit on NASA and U.S. Department of Defense launch vehicles, the small, low-cost satellites have been making history.
(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)
A low-cost device that infuses small amounts of chlorine into water drawn from public taps can reduce child diarrhoea by 23 per cent, according to a study conducted in Bangladesh.
(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)
According to EMBRAPA experts, using these low-cost effluents as a medium to grow microalgae could add value to the sugarcane and palm oil production chain by enabling the production of larger amounts of biomass and oil for energy and bioproducts.
(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)
By using corn starch along with the essential oil of the thyme plant, researchers from Brazil and the United States have managed to develop a low-cost, biodegradable larvicide system that can kill the larvae of the yellow fever mosquito.
(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)
The three types were: local bargain retailer (three pairs for €1.50–€1.80); low-cost, fast-fashion international retailer (three pairs for €3.00–€4.50); and a higher-quality international retail clothing brand (three pairs for €6.95–€7.95).
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
