rent-free

[ rent-free ]

adverb

1. without payment of rent:

   We lived rent-free for six months.

adjective

1. not subject to rent:

   a rent-free apartment.

rent-free

adjective

1. without payment of rent

Word History and Origins

Origin of rent-free¹

First recorded in 1625–35; rent ¹ + -free

Example Sentences

More students were accepted into their first-choice university this summer and some universities offered the chance of rent-free accommodation and cash prizes to encourage applications through clearing.

From BBC

Potential students are being offered the chance of rent-free accommodation and cash prizes as part of universities' attempts to encourage them to apply through clearing.

From BBC

Within days of meeting Sawusch, federal prosecutors said, Flores and Moore moved into his beachfront Malibu home — where they lived rent-free — and pretended to be his caregivers and new best friends.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2022, Bragg’s office persuaded the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to plead guilty to evading taxes on fringe benefits, including a luxury car and rent-free apartment.

From Seattle Times

They live rent-free in a tent on a plot of land that belongs to the grocery store’s owners.

From Seattle Times