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gratis

[ grat-is, grey-tis ]

adverb

  1. without charge or payment; free:

    The manufacturer provided an extra set of coat buttons gratis.



adjective

  1. free; gratuitous.

gratis

/ ˈɡreɪtɪs; ˈɡrɑːtɪs; ˈɡrætɪs /

adverb

  1. postpositive without payment; free of charge


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gratis1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin grātīs freely, contraction of grātiīs with favors, graces (ablative plural of grātia grace )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gratis1

C15: from Latin: out of kindness, from grātiīs, ablative pl of grātia favour

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Example Sentences

Actually, some suspected that Japan Airlines provided the plane gratis for the publicity.

The programs and tickets were designed by a local firm, gratis.

In just the latest, the embattled governor is being called out for violating state ethics laws by nabbing Yankees tickets gratis.

Sometimes travel writers get their hotels and excursions gratis.

Nam erga reliquos, aut hc aut in nauibus agentes didicerunt nobis non facil quicqu gratis dare.

Moreover, one would think that, as a professor at the Lyceum, he might even have got it gratis.

And then there is one other point to be taken into consideration: he often gave his lessons gratis.

You shall have the wine gratis, and of far better quality than what you get at the scoundrelly "Swan."

I voluntarily presented Maelzel gratis with a "Battle Symphony" for his panharmonica.

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