cheapify

the act of making something classicly cheaper without lessening the value.

"the asians have a flair to cheapify american technology"

When comparing SLR's to digital cameras.

"my 10+ year old 28-105 f/3.5-5.6 is quite a decent lens. its not the new -II version, that got cheapified"

by Chris Yandall February 1, 2006