gratis

[grat-is, grey-tis]

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adverb

without charge or payment; free: The manufacturer provided an extra set of coat buttons gratis.

adjective

free; gratuitous.

Origin of gratis

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

Can be confusedgracious gratis gratuitous

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Related Words for gratis

complimentary, freebie, gratuitous, chargeless, costless

Examples from the Web for gratis

Contemporary Examples of gratis

The programs and tickets were designed by a local firm, gratis.
Occupy Wall Street Goes Onstage
Allison Yarrow
November 9, 2011

Historical Examples of gratis

He did not like the expense of them, for everybody was entertained there gratis.
Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete
Madame Campan
But I understood from the plate that the consultations were gratis.
The Stark Munro Letters
J. Stark Munro
Gratis on application, or sent free by Post on receipt of Two Stamps.
Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853
Various
Why buy your own experience dear, when you can get it gratis, for nothing already?
True Words for Brave Men
Charles Kingsley
The shot is given in ‘free, gratis, for nothing,’ as Paddy said.
Crown and Anchor
John Conroy Hutcheson

British Dictionary definitions for gratis

gratis

adverb, adjective

(postpositive) without payment; free of charge

Word Origin for gratis

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

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Word Origin and History for gratis

mid-15c., "for nothing, freely," from Latin gratis, contraction of gratiis "for thanks," hence, "without recompense," ablative of gratiae "thanks," plural of gratia "favor" (see grace). Meaning "free of charge" is 1540s.