- freebie
- Noun. Something given free, a free sample. Originally for the purposes of commerce and publicity, for example, a pre-recorded tape given away with an edition of a music magazine. Orig. U.S. Informal
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
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freebie — free‧bie [ˈfriːbiː] noun [countable] informal MARKETING something that you are given free, for example to encourage you to buy more of the same thing or to buy something else: • You get three freebies for every 20 cases of soda purchased. * * *… … Financial and business terms
freebie — also freeby, 1942 (adj.); 1946 (n.); perhaps as early as 1900; formed arbitrarily [OED] from FREE (Cf. free) (adj.) … Etymology dictionary
freebie — [n] something for nothing complimentary ticket, free lunch, free pass, gift, giveaway, handout; concept 337 … New thesaurus
freebie — ► NOUN informal ▪ a thing given free of charge … English terms dictionary
freebie — ☆ freebie or freebee [frē′bē ] n. [arbitrary extension of FREE] Slang something given or gotten free of charge, as a complimentary theater ticket … English World dictionary
freebie — free|bie [ˈfri:bi:] n informal something that you are given free, usually by a company on a freebie ▪ The company paid for the minister to fly out to Australia on a freebie. freebie holiday/hotel/flight etc ▪ A waiter was handing round freebie… … Dictionary of contemporary English
freebie — UK [ˈfriːbɪ] / US [ˈfrɪbɪ] noun [countable] Word forms freebie : singular freebie plural freebies informal something that someone gives you that you do not have to pay for … English dictionary
freebie — n Something that costs nothing. The pen was a freebie I picked up at a show. 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
freebie — [[t]fri͟ːbi[/t]] freebies N COUNT A freebie is something that you are given, usually by a company, without having to pay for it. [INFORMAL] … English dictionary
freebie — AND freebee; freeby [“fribi] n. something given away free. □ They gave me a freebie with my purchase. □ I expect a freebee when I spend a lot of money like that … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Freebie marketing — Freebie marketing, also known as the razor and blades business model,cite news first = Richard last = Martin title = The Razor s Edge url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi m0HWW/is 30 4/ai 77826059 publisher = The Industry Standard date =… … Wikipedia
