song
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7.9
- noun
- /sɔŋ/
- Informal
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miseria
- It's going for a song.
- buy for a song
- sell for a song
- purchase for a song
Examples
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Tell you what, you give me a dollar for a song, I'll throw in the paper.
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Clean used cars with low kilometers go for a song in Japan.
Blog text (29) -
I got these for a song off the web.
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We bought it for a song.
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All mine, for a song!
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Got it for a song at a repo auction.
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Only a month ago, Chris had sold one of my brothers a Cadillac for a song.
Fiction book (1990) -
They'll buy your husband's boat and gear for a song, and all that money will be gone in a year, from feeding your boys.
Fiction book (2000) -
Yours for a song.
Fiction book (1992) -
I bought this old bike for a song at the garage sale compared to its original price.
Synonyms
8
8.2
A very small amount of money that hardly matters next to bigger costs
A very small amount of money that shows little value
A very small amount of money that has little value
A very small amount of money or something of little value
Idioms
Compounds
1
3.7
A song with a steady beat people sing to make repeating work easier, for example in fields or on ships
- US
1
3.1
A small North American bird with brown streaked feathers that sings a clear musical song
A section added to the Book of Daniel containing a prayer and a song by three young men
A religious passage added to the Book of Daniel that contains a prayer and a song by three children
- Texting
A popular dance song with a catchy rhythm that starts a viral online dance challenge
A period in China from 960 to 1279 when a ruling family makes great art and literature
How Cheap
Surface Forms
Etymology
Song also appears in the phrase 'for a song', which means for very little money. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine performers long ago accepting a small payment 'for a song', so to buy something 'for a song' is to get it cheaply.