gratis
[grat-is, grey-tis]
- without charge or payment; free: The manufacturer provided an extra set of coat buttons gratis.
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- free; gratuitous.
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Origin of gratis
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin grātīs freely, contraction of grātiīs with favors, graces (ablative plural of grātia grace)
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Examples from the Web for gratis
Contemporary Examples
The programs and tickets were designed by a local firm, gratis.
Historical Examples
He did not like the expense of them, for everybody was entertained there gratis.
But I understood from the plate that the consultations were gratis.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
Gratis on application, or sent free by Post on receipt of Two Stamps.
Why buy your own experience dear, when you can get it gratis, for nothing already?
True Words for Brave MenCharles Kingsley
The shot is given in ‘free, gratis, for nothing,’ as Paddy said.
Crown and AnchorJohn Conroy Hutcheson
gratis
- (postpositive) without payment; free of charge
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Word Origin
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.
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