Meaning

1 senses

  1. (historical, rare)A marketplace.

Origin

From cheap (“purchase, business, market”) + stead (“place”), probably a translation of Old

From cheap (“purchase, business, market”) + stead (“place”), probably a translation of Old Norse kaupstaðr (“marketplace”). Compare Icelandic kaupstaður (“market town”), Swedish köpstad (“market town”), Old English ċēapstōw (“marketplace”).

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Forms

plural: cheapsteads
Singularcheapstead
Pluralcheapsteads

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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