bargain-basement
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In this case, given how much your home has appreciated over the years, I don’t recommend selling this to your daughter at a bargain-basement price.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
The online retailer Shein, popular among Americans for its bargain-basement fashion, looked at a U.S. listing before facing criticism from U.S. lawmakers over its supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Now, struggling California growers have found themselves having to compete with bargain-basement wine prices from overseas growers eager to rid themselves of aging supplies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal ran down a list of recent, bargain-basement office sales.
From Slate • May 26, 2023
So who's coming in on the bargain-basement floor?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir