What does 'for less' mean?

[blacknomi]

Instead of slinking away disppointed, she looked around and found a better dress-for less.

[Casiopea]

Instead of slinking away disppointed, she looked around and found a better dress-for less.

She found a better dress, one for less the price of the one she had been looking for. :D

[blacknomi]

How do you know? Why not less ugly? :D

Don't you think someone there omitted tooo many words? It is a lazy sentence.

[Casiopea]

How do you know? Why not less ugly? :D

Don't you think someone there omitted tooo many words? It is a lazy sentence.

Good point. Context is helpful. :D

Instead of slinking away disppointed, she looked around and found a better dress-for less.

[twostep]

How do you know? Why not less ugly? :D

Don't you think someone there omitted tooo many words? It is a lazy sentence.

Good point. Context is helpful. :D

Instead of slinking away disppointed, she looked around and found a better dress-for less.

Is is also used in store names for off price stores - Ross for Less, Dress for Less ....

[blacknomi]

Thanks, Cas and Twostep. :)

[NewHope]

Hmm, I also didn't get "Instead of slinking away disppointed", only could understand "Instead of slinking away and disppointed"

[blacknomi]

Hmm, I also didn't get "Instead of slinking away disppointed", only could understand "Instead of slinking away and disppointed"

It's a past participle modifying that the person, who is slinking away, felt disappointed. :D

[Casiopea]

Hmm, I also didn't get "Instead of slinking away disppointed", only could understand "Instead of slinking away and disppointed"

It's a past participle modifying that the person, who is slinking away, felt disappointed. :D

Good eye!

Instead of slinking away disppointed (because she couldn't find the dress she wanted), she looked around and found a better dress, one for less (i.e., the price, the hassle/trouble). :D