rent-free
rent-free — adjective
1. describing a room, flat, house, or other place that someone can use as a home wi
describing a room, flat, house, or other place that someone can use as a home without paying the owner for it.
The school offered rent-free housing to two new science teachers.
rent-free + housing noun
The company gave Esteban a rent-free flat during his first year.
Jisoo accepted a rent-free room above the bakery for six months.
The charity built rent-free homes for families after the flood.
Our landlord's rent-free attic studio included heat and water.
- free
broader; can describe anything that costs nothing, not only housing
- subsidized
suggests outside help with the cost, but some payment may still remain
文法句型
rent-free + [housing noun]
[place] + be + rent-free
用法筆記
Usually appears before housing nouns such as room, flat, housing, or accommodation. It can also follow be, but distinguish it from the adverb sense after verbs like live or stay.
常見錯誤
rent-free — adverb
1. in a way that lets someone live or stay in a place as a home without giving the
in a way that lets someone live or stay in a place as a home without giving the owner any rent money.
After the divorce, Hari lived rent-free in his brother's basement.
live + rent-free + place
Ayana stayed rent-free with her cousins while she saved for college.
stay + rent-free + while-clause
During the internship, Jenna could live rent-free above the restaurant.
For three months, Linh slept rent-free at a friend's empty farmhouse.
After the storm, two families stayed rent-free in the church hall.
- free of charge
broader and more formal; not limited to housing
- for nothing
informal and general; often less specific than rent-free
- paying rent
shows the person is giving money for the place
文法句型
live + rent-free
stay + rent-free
sleep + rent-free
用法筆記
Follows verbs such as live, stay, sleep, or put someone up. Distinguish it from the adjective sense before a housing noun: a rent-free flat, but live rent-free.