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Idioms: for free

Without charge, gratis, as in You can't expect the doctor to treat you for free. [Colloquial; c. 1900]


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[common] Said of a capability of a programming language or hardware that is available by its design without needing cleverness to implement: “In APL, we get the matrix operations for free.” “And owing to the way revisions are stored in this system, you get revision trees for free.” The term usually refers to a serendipitous feature of doing things a certain way (compare big win), but it may refer to an intentional but secondary feature.


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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without payment
  Synonyms: gratis, free of charge


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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Hacker Slang. The Jargon File. Copyright © 2007.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more