Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Without payment or charge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gratuitous.
- For nothing; freely; without pay: as, to perform service gratis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
free , withoutcharge - adjective
free , withoutcharge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without payment
- adjective costing nothing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cleopatra _Cleopatra_ compatriot _compatriot_ gratis _gratis_ or _grahtis_ harem _harem_ or _hahrem_ heinous _hanous_ hiatus _hiatus_ implacable _implakable_ nape _nap_ née _na_ négligé _naglezha'_ patron _patron_ protégé _protazha'_ résumé _razuma'_ tenacious _tenashus_ tomato _tomato_ or _tomahto_ valet _va'la_ or _val'et_ vase _vas, vahz_, or _vaz_ veracious _verashus_ vivacious _vivashus_
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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The folk went down into the tank and coming forth, seated themselves on the raised pavement, whilst the boys shampooed them, even as Abu Sir had taught them; and they continued to enter the Hammam and do their need therein gratis and go out, without paying, for the space of three days.
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It is sometimes referred to as the gratis blow, or the mnemonic blow.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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I can't imagine why he did it, unless it were to get a lesson in English gratis, of which he was sadly in need.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886
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These events are largely covered by media conglomerates that operate 'gratis' -- FREE -- on the airwaves owned by the American public and an important resource in a multi-party system of government in getting all sides of the message out; not just the Neocons & GOPs.
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[...] in gratis datingsites zit, demonstreerde Markus door een foto van zijn AdSense cheque te tonen op zijn blog.
Small Companies & Google Adsense is the future « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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What she and others who are seduced by these false ads eventually learn is the so-called gratis Apple device is in fact an online coupon scam.
Kelly E. Carter: The Rise of Coupon Scams Online Kelly E. Carter 2011
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What she and others who are seduced by these false ads eventually learn is the so-called gratis Apple device is in fact an online coupon scam.
Kelly E. Carter: The Rise of Coupon Scams Online Kelly E. Carter 2011
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What she and others who are seduced by these false ads eventually learn is the so-called gratis Apple device is in fact an online coupon scam.
Kelly E. Carter: The Rise of Coupon Scams Online Kelly E. Carter 2011
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What she and others who are seduced by these false ads eventually learn is the so-called gratis Apple device is in fact an online coupon scam.
Kelly E. Carter: The Rise of Coupon Scams Online Kelly E. Carter 2011
sherry28 commented on the word gratis
" A pndit describes Janice Miller as a greedy Silicon Valley housewife who hasn't earned a buck in her life and expects everything given to her gratis." From: All we ever wanted was everything . Author: Janelle Brown . Page 400.
October 16, 2010