单词 | gratis |
释义 | gratis (once / 3906 pages) adjadv When there’s a concert you want to go to and your best friend gets tickets and takes you gratis, be grateful: that means you’re going for free. You can use gratis as a synonym for "free" or "without payment" as either an adjective or an adverb. For example, you buy a new smart phone and immediately download several free apps. You get your first bill, and see you’ve been charged for all those apps. When you call the phone company, you can say, “Those apps were labeled as gratis. I downloaded them gratis. Why are you charging me?” WORD FAMILYgratis: gratisly USAGE EXAMPLESI favor the gratis little sweets that show up with the bill. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) But records that emerged showed she did not work gratis. Los Angeles Times(Nov 24, 2016) “Actually, the thing to say to a person who just watched your child gratis for seven hours is, ‘Thank you, o madly merciful one.’ Washington Post(Dec 21, 2011) 1adj costing nothing Syn complimentary, costless, free, gratuitous unpaid not paid 2adv without payment I'll give you this gratis Syn for free, free of charge |
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