gratis
Free: without charge.
Adjective
- Free: without charge.
- Really syncophant^([sic]) stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case. - 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat...
Synonyms: costless feeless free of charge free as in beer
Antonyms: see at nonfree
Coordinate Terms: libre free as in speech
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin grātiīs Latin gratisbor. English gratis Borrowed from Latin gratis.
Synonyms
complimentary costless chargeless free free of charge gratis gratuitous
Antonyms
Related
Adverb
- In a free way: without charge.
- I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee. - c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]....
- Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis? - c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...
Synonyms: costlessly free of charge