free-ride

present singular third person free-rides · participle present free-riding · past free-rode · participle past free-ridden

1. alternativeAlternative form of free ride.

   Unfortunately, each and every one of us might have a positive incentive to try to free-ride on the efforts of others.

   2009, Russell Hardin, David Hume: Moral and Political Theorist, →ISBN, page 77

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   People might contribute in the beginning before they really understand the incentive structure of the game, but as comprehension dawns they realise that the rational thing to do would be to free-ride and start to do so, which leads to the resulting decay in the contributions to the public account.

   2008, Ananish Chaudhuri, Experiments in Economics: Playing Fair with Money, →ISBN, page 129

   With decreased risk but increased potential rewards from the state-building operation, they may choose to free-ride on the operation.

   2013, Paul D. Miller, Armed State Building: Confronting State Failure, 1898–2012, →ISBN, page 42