Mar 4, 2017 ·In the context such as "freepress", it means libre from censorship, "gluten-free" means libre from gluten and so on. Then there is "freestuff", why is the same word used?
Sep 20, 2023 ·For example, imagine some food company decides to make their fruits permanentlyfree. Online, you can "order" them (forfree), but in person, what do you do? What would be the professiona...
Mar 29, 2025 ·Freeride dates back to 1880, whilefreeloader is a more recent construction “freeloader (n.) alsofree-loader, by 1939, fromfree(adj.) + agent noun from load (v.)As a verb, freeload is attested by 1967 and probably is a back-formation from this”
Feb 2, 2012 ·What is the opposite offreeas in "freeof charge" (when we speak about prices)? We can add not for negation, but I am looking for a single word.
Apr 15, 2017 ·If so, my analysis amounts to a rule in search of actual usage—a prescription rather than a description. In any event, the impressive rise of "freeof" against "freefrom" over the past 100 years suggests that the English-speaking world has become more receptive to using "freeof" in place of "freefrom" during that period.
Apr 4, 2016 ·I don't think there's any difference in meaning, although "freeof charges" is much less common than "freeof charge". Regarding your second question about context: given that English normally likes to adopt the shortest phrasing possible, the longer form "freeof charge" can be used as a means of drawing attention to the lack of demand for ...
