Free-rider Definition

noun

Someone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.

The store failed because all of the manager's friends were free riders who drove paying customers away.

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(economics) One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly.

A lighthouse is the classic example of a public good because it is difficult to prevent a ship (a free rider) from using it.

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Other Word Forms of Free-rider

Singular:

free-rider

Plural:

free riders

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