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free of charge

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /fɹiː ʌv t͡ʃhɑɹd͡ʒ/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not requiring any payment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Buy two and pay for just one – the other is free of charge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: free, free as in beer, gratis, feeless, costless, courtesy

Antonyms: see at nonfree

2

adv

Meaning 2

Without any payment being required.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • They were giving the tickets away free of charge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: for free, free, gratis, costlessly

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

without payment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I'll give you this gratis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gratis, for free

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verniet — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Afrikaans: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Afrikaans: kosteloos — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Albanian: falas — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Amharic: ነፃ (näṣ́a) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: مَجَّانِيّ (majjāniyy) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: مَجَّانًا (majjānan) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: فابور (fabur) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Armenian: անվճար (anvčar) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Armenian: ձրի (jri) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Azerbaijani: ödənişsiz — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Azerbaijani: pulsuz — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Bambara: gansan — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Belarusian: бяспла́тны (bjasplátny) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Belarusian: дармавы́ (darmavý) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Bengali: বিনামূল্য (binamullo) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Bulgarian: безпла́тен (bezpláten) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Burmese: အခမဲ့ (a.hka.mai.) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Catalan: gratuït — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Catalan: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏎᏭᎢ (asewui) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Chinese Cantonese: 免費 /免费 (min5 fai3) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免費 /免费 (miǎnfèi) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Czech: bezplatný — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Czech: volný — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Czech: zdarma — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Czech: zadarmo — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Danish: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Danish: fri — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Dutch: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Dutch: kostenloos — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Dutch: kosteloos — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Dutch: kosteloze — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Dutch: verniet — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Esperanto: senkosta — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Esperanto: senpaga — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Estonian: tasuta — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Faroese: ókeypis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Finnish: ilmainen — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Finnish: maksuton — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • French: gratuit — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • French: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • West-Frisian: fergees — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • West-Frisian: frij — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Galician: gratuíto — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Georgian: უფასო (upaso) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Georgian: უსასყიდლო (usasq̇idlo) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: umsonst — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: kostenlos — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: frei — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: kostenfrei — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • German: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Greek: δωρεάν (doreán) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Greek: ανέξοδος (anéxodos) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ancient Greek: δωρεάν (dōreán) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδάπανος (adápanos) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Gujarati: મફત (maphat) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hebrew: חינם \ חִנָּם (khinám) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hebrew: בחינם (b'khinám) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hindi: निःशुल्क (niḥśulk) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hindi: मुफ़्त (muft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hindi: फोकट (phokaṭ) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hungarian: ingyenes — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hungarian: díjmentes — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hungarian: térítésmentes — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Hungarian: díjtalan — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Icelandic: frír — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Icelandic: ókeypis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ido: gratuita — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Indonesian: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Indonesian: cuma-cuma — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Interlingua: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Interlingua: gratuite — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Irish: in aisce — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Italian: gratuito — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Italian: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Japanese: 無料 (muryō) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Japanese: ただ (tada) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kashubian: darmôk — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kazakh: өтеусіз (öteusız) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kazakh: ақысыз (aqysyz) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kazakh: тегін (tegın) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kazakh: төлеусіз (töleusız) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Khmer: ឥតបង់ថ្លៃ (ʼət bɑng thlay) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Khmer: ទទេ (tɔɔtɔtei) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Korean: 무료의 (muryo-ui) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Korean: 공짜의 (gongjja-ui) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Central Kurdish: بەلاش (belaş) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Central Kurdish: خۆڕایی (xorrayî) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Northern Kurdish: belaş — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Northern Kurdish: bêpare — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Northern Kurdish: bedewa — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Northern Kurdish: herwe — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kyrgyz: акысыз (akısız) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Kyrgyz: бекер (beker) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ladino: debaldes — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Lao: ບໍ່ຄິດຄ່າ (bǭ khit khā) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Lao: ບໍ່ຕ້ອງເສັຽຫຍັງເລີຽ (bǭ tǭng sīa nyang lœ̄i) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Latin: gratuitus — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Latvian: bezmaksas — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Latvian: brīvs — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Lithuanian: nemokamas — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Luxembourgish: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Macedonian: бесплатен (besplaten) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Malay: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Malay: percuma — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Malayalam: സൗജന്യം (saujanyaṁ) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Maltese: b’xejn — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Māori: utukore — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Khiamniungan Naga: yâng — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kostnadsfri — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Occitan: gratuit — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Pashto: وړيا (waṛyā) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Pashto: مجاني (majāni) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Pashto: مفت (moft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Persian: مَجّانی (majjâni) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Persian: مُفْت (moft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Persian: رایگان (râygân) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Polish: darmowy — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Polish: bezpłatny — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Polish: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Polish: gratisowy — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: grátis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: gratuito — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: livre de encargo — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: de graça — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: de grátis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Portuguese: de borla — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Romanian: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Romanian: gratuit — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Russian: беспла́тный (besplátnyj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Russian: безвозме́здный (bezvozmézdnyj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Russian: дармово́й (darmovój) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Russian: дарово́й (darovój) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Scottish Gaelic: an-asgaidh — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Scottish Gaelic: gun stuth (Islay) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐсплатан — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèsplatan — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Sindhi: مفت (mft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Slovak: bezplatný — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Slovene: brezplačen — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Spanish: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Spanish: gratuito — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Spanish: sin cargo — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Spanish: bonificado — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Spanish: gratisdato — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Swahili: bure — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Swedish: gratis — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Swedish: fri — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Swedish: kostnadsfri — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Swedish: avgiftsfri — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tagalog: libre — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tagalog: walang bayad — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tajik: маҷҷонӣ (majjoni) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tajik: муфт (muft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tajik: ройгон (roygon) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tajik: бепул (bepul) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tajik: бемузд (bemuzd) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Tatar: түләүсез (tüläwsez) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Thai: ฟรี (frii) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Turkish: ücretsiz — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Turkish: bedava — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Turkish: beleş — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Turkmen: tölegsiz — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ukrainian: безкошто́вний (bezkoštóvnyj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ukrainian: дармови́й (darmovýj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ukrainian: безпла́тний (bezplátnyj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Ukrainian: безопла́тний (bezoplátnyj) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Urdu: مُفْت (muft) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Urdu: پھوکَٹ (phokaṭ) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Uyghur: ھەقسىز (heqsiz) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Uzbek: bepul — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Uzbek: tekin — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Uzbek: pulsiz — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Vietnamese: miễn phí — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Walloon: po rén — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Welsh: rhad ac am ddim — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Welsh: di-dâl — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Yiddish: אומזיסט (umzist) — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Zazaki: bêpere — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Zazaki: belas — not requiring any payment - adjective
  • Zhuang: mbouj aeu cienz — not requiring any payment - adjective