free of charge

US/fɹiː ʌv t͡ʃʰɑɹd͡ʒ/

adjective

Not requiring any payment.

“They were giving the tickets away free of charge.”

Opposite
see at nonfree

Meanings

adjectivefree of charge (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot requiring any payment.

    Buy two and pay for just one – the other is free of charge.

    Synonyms: free, free as in beer, gratis, feeless, costless, courtesy · Antonyms: see at nonfree

adverbfree of charge (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout any payment being required.

    They were giving the tickets away free of charge.

    Synonyms: for free, free, gratis, costlessly

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot requiring any payment.

Opposite
see at nonfree

adverbWithout any payment being required.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbwithout charge

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans verniet, gratis
  • vernietnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kosteloosnot requiring any payment - adjective
Ancient Greek δωρεάν, ἀδάπανος
  • δωρεάν (dōreán)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • ἀδάπανος (adápanos)not requiring any payment - adjective
Arabic مَجَّانِيّ, مَجَّانًا
  • مَجَّانِيّ (majjāniyy)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • مَجَّانًا (majjānan)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • بلاش (balāš)not requiring any payment - adjective
Bengali বিনামূল্য
  • বিনামূল্য (binamullo)not requiring any payment - adjective
Bulgarian безпла́тен
  • безпла́тен (bezpláten)not requiring any payment - adjective
Catalan gratuït, gratis
  • gratuïtnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
Chinese Cantonese 免費 /免费
  • 免費 /免费 (min⁵ fai³)not requiring any payment - adjective
Chinese Mandarin 免費 /免费
  • 免費 /免费 (miǎnfèi)not requiring any payment - adjective
Czech bezplatný, volný
  • bezplatnýnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • volnýnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • zdarmanot requiring any payment - adjective
  • zadarmonot requiring any payment - adjective
Danish gratis, fri
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • frinot requiring any payment - adjective
Dutch gratis, kostenloos
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostenloosnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kosteloosnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostelozenot requiring any payment - adjective
  • vernietnot requiring any payment - adjective
Esperanto senkosta, senpaga
  • senkostanot requiring any payment - adjective
  • senpaganot requiring any payment - adjective
Estonian tasuta
  • tasutanot requiring any payment - adjective
Finnish ilmainen, maksuton
  • ilmainennot requiring any payment - adjective
  • maksutonnot requiring any payment - adjective
French gratuit, gratis
  • gratuitnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
German umsonst, gratis
  • umsonstnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostenlosnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • freinot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostenfreinot requiring any payment - adjective
Greek δωρεάν, ανέξοδος
  • δωρεάν (doreán)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • ανέξοδος (anéxodos)not requiring any payment - adjective
Hebrew חינם \ חִנָּם, בחינם
  • חינם \ חִנָּם (khinám)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • בחינם (b'khinám)not requiring any payment - adjective
Hindi निःशुल्क, मुफ़्त
  • निःशुल्क (niḥśulk)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • मुफ़्त (muft)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • फोकट (phokaṭ)not requiring any payment - adjective
Hungarian ingyenes, díjmentes
  • ingyenesnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • díjmentesnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • térítésmentesnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • díjtalannot requiring any payment - adjective
Icelandic frír, ókeypis
  • frírnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • ókeypisnot requiring any payment - adjective
Indonesian gratis, cuma-cuma
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • cuma-cumanot requiring any payment - adjective
Irish in aisce
  • in aiscenot requiring any payment - adjective
Italian gratuito, gratis
  • gratuitonot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
Japanese 無料, ただ
  • 無料 (muryō)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • ただ (tada)not requiring any payment - adjective
Korean 무료의, 공짜의
  • 무료의 (muryo-ui)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • 공짜의 (gongjja-ui)not requiring any payment - adjective
Latin gratuitus
  • gratuitusnot requiring any payment - adjective
Latvian bezmaksas, brīvs
  • bezmaksasnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • brīvsnot requiring any payment - adjective
Lithuanian nemokamas
  • nemokamasnot requiring any payment - adjective
Malay gratis, percuma
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • percumanot requiring any payment - adjective
Māori utukore
  • utukorenot requiring any payment - adjective
Norwegian Bokmål gratis, kostnadsfri
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostnadsfrinot requiring any payment - adjective
Persian مَجّانی, مُفْت
  • مَجّانی (majjâni)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • مُفْت (moft)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • رایگان (râygân)not requiring any payment - adjective
Polish darmowy, bezpłatny
  • darmowynot requiring any payment - adjective
  • bezpłatnynot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratisowynot requiring any payment - adjective
Portuguese grátis, gratuito
  • grátisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratuitonot requiring any payment - adjective
  • livre de encargonot requiring any payment - adjective
  • de graçanot requiring any payment - adjective
  • de grátisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • de borlanot requiring any payment - adjective
Romanian gratis, gratuit
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gratuitnot requiring any payment - adjective
Russian беспла́тный, безвозме́здный
  • беспла́тный (besplátnyj)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • безвозме́здный (bezvozmézdnyj)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • дармово́й (darmovój)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • дарово́й (darovój)not requiring any payment - adjective
Scottish Gaelic an-asgaidh, gun stuth (Islay)
  • an-asgaidhnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • gun stuth (Islay)not requiring any payment - adjective
Slovak bezplatný
  • bezplatnýnot requiring any payment - adjective
Spanish sin cargo/cobro/cobranza, bonificado
  • sin cargo/cobro/cobranzanot requiring any payment - adjective
  • bonificadonot requiring any payment - adjective
Swahili bure
  • burenot requiring any payment - adjective
Swedish gratis, fri
  • gratisnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • frinot requiring any payment - adjective
  • kostnadsfrinot requiring any payment - adjective
  • avgiftsfrinot requiring any payment - adjective
Tagalog libre, walang bayad
  • librenot requiring any payment - adjective
  • walang bayadnot requiring any payment - adjective
Thai ฟรี
  • ฟรี (frii)not requiring any payment - adjective
Turkish ücretsiz, bedava
  • ücretsiznot requiring any payment - adjective
  • bedavanot requiring any payment - adjective
  • beleşnot requiring any payment - adjective
Ukrainian безкошто́вний, дармови́й
  • безкошто́вний (bezkoštóvnyj)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • дармови́й (darmovýj)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • безпла́тний (bezplátnyj)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • безопла́тний (bezoplátnyj)not requiring any payment - adjective
Urdu مُفْت, پھوکَٹ
  • مُفْت (muft)not requiring any payment - adjective
  • پھوکَٹ (phokaṭ)not requiring any payment - adjective
Vietnamese miễn phí
  • miễn phínot requiring any payment - adjective
Welsh rhad ac am ddim, di-dâl
  • rhad ac am ddimnot requiring any payment - adjective
  • di-dâlnot requiring any payment - adjective
Yiddish אומזיסט
  • אומזיסט (umzist)not requiring any payment - adjective
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Chicago

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