If you buy something for much less than it usually costs, you say, “At ten dollars it was a(n) ________!”
This question was slightly altered and recoded; it can be compared to the 1965–70 question U9.
| STEAL | 16 |
| BARGAIN | 12 |
| BARGIN | 2 |
| DEAL | 2 |
| A STEAL | 1 |
| BUY | 1 |
| GIFT | 1 |
| GOOD DEAL | 1 |
| STEEL | 1 |
| TOO GOOD TO PASS UP | 1 |
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