Difference between Nickel-and-dime and Inexpensive

Nickel-and-dime

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.

Inexpensive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: low in price

Example sentence: One day we're going to look back at $1,700 with nostalgia. People are going to be shocked at how inexpensive gold was when it could be snapped up for such a bargain price.