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rent-free

rent-free

7 2.3
Not paying money to live in a house or room
  • adjective
  • /rɛnt-fri/
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  • And he's living at the flat rent free with his wife.
  • rent-free apartment
  • rent-free house
  • one rent-free month

And he's living at the flat rent free with his wife.

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Examples

  • While the city allowed the club to use this space rent-free, it did not provide them with any financial help.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Hey, now, didn't my real estate company give you that corner lot rent-free for your church baseball team, huh?

  • I am living rent free.

  • I let you stay in my house rent-free for all that time.

  • We get it rent-free with a chance to own it if things go well.

  • And we can live in this apartment practically rent-free for as long as we want.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • You'll live in the house rent-free.

  • One professor offered rooms in his nearby house rent-free to any students or scholars who might now be unable to travel home for spring break or during the summer.

    Academic text (2017)
  • "The appointment carries with it further benefits," the letter informed me, "most notably rent-free living quarters in an attractive house designed and built for the Eastman Professor."

    Academic text (1999)
  • He is fortunate to be living in a nice apartment rent-free while he looks for a job.

Synonyms

for free
vsrent-free
450 1.0

Without paying any money

is limited to situations about housing or property costs
on the house
vsrent-free
44 3.2

Free for customers from a restaurant or bar

is used for housing or property, not for hospitality offers
free of charge
vsrent-free
39 1.2

You do not have to pay for it

is specific to housing and property rather than any situation

Antonyms

2 1.0

Paying money to use something for a time, like a house or car

How Costly

high
5 6.3
reduced
1.6
subsidized
  • US
4.1
rent-free
7 2.3

Surface Forms

rent-free positive

Morphology

rent-free = rent + free (transparent) = rent + free

The compound 'rent-free' clearly combines 'rent' + 'free' to mean 'without paying rent', which learners can derive from the parts.

Etymology

Rent-free comes from the parts rent and free, where rent is the payment for a house and free means 'without'. So rent-free means living or using a place 'without paying rent'.