Borrowed from Latin gratis.

• (British) IPA: /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡɹætɪs/

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.

   Synonyms: free as in beer

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee.

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 45 ↗:

     Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis?

• gratuity
• gratuitous