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gratis

[grat-is, grey-tis] Example Sentences Origin

grat·is

[grat-is, grey-tis]
adverb
1.
without charge or payment; free: The manufacturer provided an extra set of coat buttons gratis.
adjective
2.
free; gratuitous.

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Gratis is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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

gracious, gratis, gratuitous.
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  • The education that my children got in public schools was gratis.
  • One instance of this was the disappearance of the so-called gratis personnel.
  • Gratis distribution of nets is already being applied successfully in several impoverished countries.
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gratis (ˈɡreɪtɪs, ˈɡrætɪs, ˈɡrɑːtɪs)
 
adv, —adj
(postpositive) without payment; free of charge
 
[C15: from Latin: out of kindness, from grātiīs, ablative pl of grātia favour]

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gratis
1444, "for nothing, freely," from L. gratis, contraction of gratiis "for thanks," hence, "without recompense," abl. of gratiæ "thanks," pl. of gratia "favor."
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