rent-free
Americanadverb
adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rent-free
Example Sentences
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The U.S. already maintains a large military-base in northern Greenland rent-free.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
“Little did I know it was potentially on the radar for me. That’s a moment that lives rent-free in my head, that’s for sure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
The fair also allowed employees to live rent-free on the fairgrounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
If he continued to live there rent-free, that would create another issue.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
Curtis worked as a superintendent in an apartment house in Manhattan and he and Minnie were well-off compared to most black folks who came up from the South, because they lived rent-free.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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