complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous
(adjective) costing nothing; “complimentary tickets”; “free admission”
gratis, for free, free of charge
(adverb) without payment; “I’ll give you this gratis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gratis (not comparable)
Free, without charge.
• free as in beer (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech")
gratis (not comparable)
Free, without charge.
• 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
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
