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-free suffix ( NO CHARGE )

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used at the end of words to mean 'without having to pay'
They agreed to let us live there rent-free.
Many banks are now offering interest-free overdrafts to students.

(Definition of -free suffix (NO CHARGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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