rent-free

American  

[rent-free] / ˈrɛntˈfri /

adverb

1. without payment of rent.

   We lived rent-free for six months.

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adjective

1. not subject to rent.

   a rent-free apartment.

rent-free British  

adjective

1. without payment of rent

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Etymology

Origin of rent-free

First recorded in 1625–35; rent ¹ + -free

Example Sentences

If he continued to live there rent-free, that would create another issue.

From MarketWatch

He is letting his son stay in one of the residences rent-free until it sells.

From MarketWatch

For now, Zach is living rent-free in a Philadelphia apartment owned by his parents, where he estimates he has applied for about 400 jobs since July, in fields from shipping to museum work.

From The Wall Street Journal

And frankly, in these conditions, I should be getting more erratic literature from modest, homespun polygamist cults capitalizing on the moment, enticing me with the rent-free, abandoned farmhouse its nude members get to share.

From Salon

However, I moved out five years ago, and her family is still there rent-free.

From Los Angeles Times