giveaway
/ɡˈɪvəwˌeɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that is given away or handed out for free.
noun
An event at which things are given away for free.
adj
free of charge, at no cost.
adj
very low.
Example Sentences
- "The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software."
- "Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway. Everyone loves a giveaway (with the notable exceptions of key chains and nail clippers which have been rendered nearly meaningless by repetition)."
- "Perhaps the most frequently used giveaway is "free rent," an abatement of rent for a specific period of tenancy."
- "These giveaway bags cost tens of thousands of dollars, but the sentiment of a thank you for your guests is at the heart of those giveaway bags."
- "In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings."
- "His counterpart Tom Wiles also speaks directly for the honored persons in giveaways; in Shannon's outgoing princess giveaway, he addresses a woman named Rose as Shannon gives her a dance shawl: "Shannon says/ now you can kick up your heels" (Wiles 1999)"