GRATIS

complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous

(adjective) costing nothing; ā€œcomplimentary ticketsā€; ā€œfree admissionā€

gratis, for free, free of charge

(adverb) without payment; ā€œIā€™ll give you this gratisā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

Free, without charge.

Synonyms

• free as in beer (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech")

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

Free, without charge.

Anagrams

• striga, trigas

Source: Wiktionary


Gra"tis, adv. Etym: [L., contr. fr. gratiis out of favor or kindness, without recompense, for nothing, fr. gratia favor. See Grace.]

Definition: For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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