gratis vs gratuitous :

gratis or gratuitous

If you do something nice without being paid, you do it “gratis.” Technically, such a deed can also be “gratuitous"; but if you do or say something obnoxious and uncalled for, it’s always “gratuitous,” not “gratis.”

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Definitions
  gratis
  • s  costing nothing
  • r  without payment
    I'll give you this gratis
  gratuitous
  • s  without cause
    a gratuitous insult
  • s  costing nothing
  • s  unnecessary and unwarranted
News & Articles
  gratis
  • Xbox Live will offer two free games per month starting July, includes Assassin's Creed 2 and Halo 3
    Kicking off Microsoft's announcements, the company has said that Xbox Live will start offering free Xbox 360 games for its paying members, starting this July. In the run-up to the Xbox One's launch, you'll be able to pick up two titles each month, gratis -- if you're an Xbox Live Gold member. If it sounds familiar, it's because it sounds faintly similar to what Sony's PS Plus has offered its ...
    June 10, 2013 - Engadget
  • Fable 3 currently free on Xbox Marketplace
    Fable 3 , the game in the series we all tried to forget until something worse came along in Fable Heroes , is currently free on the Xbox Marketplace. It's still unclear if this is a bug, since the way you obtain it gratis is a little convoluted, or if this is some portent to today's Microsoft press conference . Here's how to get the game for free (which we've tested): You must be an Xbox Gold ...
    June 10, 2013 - Joystiq
  • Xbox Live will offer two free games per month starting July, includes Assassin's Creed 2 and Halo 3
    Kicking off Microsoft's announcements, the company has said that Xbox Live will start offering free Xbox 360 games for its paying members, starting this July. In the run-up to the Xbox One's launch, you'll be able to pick up two titles each month, gratis -- if you're an Xbox Live Gold member. If it sounds familiar, it's because it sounds faintly similar to what Sony's PS Plus has offered its ...
    June 10, 2013 - Engadget
  gratuitous