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grat⋅is

  [grat-is, grey-tis]
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–adverb
1. without charge or payment; free: The manufacturer provided an extra set of coat buttons gratis.
–adjective
2. free; gratuitous.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L grātīs freely, contr. of grātiīs with favors, graces (abl. pl. of grātia grace )
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grat·is   (grāt'ĭs, grä'tĭs, grā'-)   
adv.   & adj.
Without charge.

[Middle English, from Latin grātīs, alteration of grātiīs, out of kindness, free, ablative pl. of grātia, kindness; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

gratis 
1444, "for nothing, freely," from L. gratis, contraction of gratiis "for thanks," hence, "without recompense," abl. of gratiæ "thanks," pl. of gratia "favor."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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