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free gift

British  

noun

  1. something given away, esp as an incentive to a purchaser

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I can tell you, it turned out to be the most expensive free gift I ever received.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Adding to the suspicion, I was advised - if challenged over the ticket - to lie and say it was a free gift, because stadium staff "have an incentive to invalidate tickets".

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

On June 1, Sephora started requiring a $25 minimum purchase for online customers looking to claim a free gift and 250 loyalty points during their birthday month.

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2023

Lush but delicate, expensive but incarnating the abundance of nature, anatomically and scientifically intricate but making no special demands of the viewer, the orchid makes a free gift of its sheer, pleasurable beauty.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

I was sneaky and bad enough to buy the candy and come back pretending it was a free gift.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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