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freeload
[ free-lohd, -lohd ]
verb (used without object)
- to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to get by freeloading:
He freeloaded several meals a week.
freeload
/ ˈڰːˌəʊ /
verb
- slang.intr to act as a freeloader; sponge
Other Word Forms
- ڰlDze noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Answer: Unfortunately, the IRS doesn’t consider freeloading relatives as one of the hardships that can modify the home sales exclusion rules.
Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.
Netflix registered its third consecutive quarter of faster subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on freeloading viewers and price hikes.
Online critics have decried “full-time children” as a euphemism for freeloading off one’s parents, which has traditionally been known by another name, kenlao — literally translated as “gnawing on the elderly.”
“Elizabeth Warren actually called me a freeloading grifter who doesn’t pay taxes, when I’m literally paying the most tax of any individual in history,” he says.
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