costless
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈkɔːstləs/
:
gratuito
- Unemployment was regarded as politically undesirable; thus, state-owned enterprises were subsidized with costless credit by state-controlled banks.
- costless activity
Examples
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When demand at the source exceeds capacity, it is not costless to provide a particular user with an additional unit of water.
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TAA is not a costless way of smoothing a transition to a regime of free trade.
Academic text (1998) -
However, because they require Internet access, free digital services are not costless to consume.
Academic text (2016) -
Moreover, it is costless compared to relocating a car on your own.
Blog text (5) -
For the individual government official involved, litigation and its attendant delays appear to be "costless."
Blog text (20) -
"Thus, in-home care and community care are usually considered by economic analyses to be "costless."
Academic text (1994) -
Remarkably, this phenomenon occurs even when opting out of the default choice is essentially costless.
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In the public's eye, our response to the terrorist attacks was both morally justified and relatively costless.
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Due to the ease with which the windfalls were collected, OPEC governments viewed oil and gas revenues as costless resources that could be redistributed at will among their peoples.
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Many museums offer costless entry on certain days, making art available to everyone.
Synonyms
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1.0
Without paying any money
49
3.4
Free for customers or guests to have
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1.2
You do not have to pay for it
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6.3
You get it without paying any money
An item or service that is given without payment
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Morphology
Etymology
Costless is simply cost ('price') plus -less ('without'). So think of an item with no price tag — it is 'free', which is why costless means not costing anything.