Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others.
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- verb To
live off thegenerosity orhospitality of others
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb live off somebody's generosity
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Examples
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Being covered by health insurance should actually reduce healthcare inflation because fewer people will 'freeload' off the system by forcing their health expenses to be written off.
Health Insurance Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Being covered by health insurance should actually reduce healthcare inflation because fewer people will 'freeload' off the system by forcing their health expenses to be written off.
Health Insurance Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I wouldn't take this to the bank: Freedom's Phoenix also hints that Barack Obama may be involved in the Kennedy assassination cover up, and that MRI brain scans can detect a tendency to "freeload" that could then be corrected through medical intervention.
Archive 2009-09-01 Tenured Radical 2009
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I wouldn't take this to the bank: Freedom's Phoenix also hints that Barack Obama may be involved in the Kennedy assassination cover up, and that MRI brain scans can detect a tendency to "freeload" that could then be corrected through medical intervention.
Professor Radical Goes To Washington To Preview The Apocalypse Tenured Radical 2009
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For many Chinese firms, having Indonesians "freeload" as board members or senior management was a very unpalatable demand.
Far Outliers Joel 2010
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I guess I will just have to 'freeload' if I lose my job ... blablabla1 on Today, 1: 22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I guess I will just have to 'freeload' if I lose my job ... blablabla .... this quote was from conservativepro "" You have a moral dilemna if you eliminate preexisting condition clauses.
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I guess I will just have to 'freeload' if I lose my job ... blablabla .... this quote was from conservativepro "" You have a moral dilemna if you eliminate preexisting condition clauses.
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I guess I will just have to 'freeload' if I lose my job ... blablabla1 on Today, 1: 22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Oregon Attorney General John Kroger countered that the Constitution "does not create or protect the freedom to freeload."
Supreme Court watchers: Roberts, Alito no sure bets against health-care mandate Robert Barnes 2011
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