adj
Meaning 1
Without a rent payment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rent-free
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Sound
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adv
Meaning 2
Without paying rent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I can't believe he was able to stay there for three months rent-free before they caught on.
Meaning relationships
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intj
Meaning 3
Used to respond to a comment or post the user perceives as demonstrating that the commenter or poster is perpetually occupied by thoughts about a specific person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
complimentary; without payment of rent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- with the job came a rent-free apartment
Meaning relationships
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adverb
Meaning 5
without paying rent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I can live here rent-free
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English rent Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English rent-free From rent + -free.
Ellipsis of live rent-free in someone's head.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: লাখেরাজ (lakheraj) — on which no rent is payable
- Finnish: vuokraton — on which no rent is payable
- German: mietfrei — on which no rent is payable
- Scottish Gaelic: saor o mhàl — on which no rent is payable
- Swedish: hyresfri — on which no rent is payable
- Finnish: vuokratta — without paying rent
- Scottish Gaelic: saor o mhàl — without paying rent