Definition
For a very low price; very cheaply.
In Context
- "They remembered then that they could have bought for a song canvases which now were worth large sums."
- "[T]he contents of aircraft that once commanded prices up to $148m are now being sold off for a song after being torn apart in Gloucestershire's aviation charnel house."
- "In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day."
- "He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues."