Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beerware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beer-ware
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Software that can be used under a relaxed licence, with the user encouraged to pay for the software by donating to its author enough money to buy a beer.

Humorous; Uncountable

Etymology

From beer + -ware.

Usage

Questions

What does beerware mean?: Software that can be used under a relaxed licence, with the user encouraged to pay for the software by donating to its author enough money to buy a beer.
Where does beerware come from?: From beer + -ware.

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