English Explanatory Dictionary

you get what you pay for

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. In commercial transactions, the prices increase, as the quality of goods and services increases, i.e., the more one pays, the higher-quality the merchandise.

Word forms

you get what you pay for

Synonyms

YGWYPF

Related words

if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys money's worth value for money who pays the piper calls the tune you buy cheap, you get cheap you pays your money and you takes your choice
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