free rider
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free rider
noun free riders
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One who gets a free ride on a ship, or similar; one who rides on a means of transportation gratis.
Similar: stowaway
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Someone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.
The store failed because all of the manager's friends were free riders who drove paying customers away.
Similar: freeloader, bloodsucker, bludger, bummer, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, moocher, parasite, scrounge, scrounger
- One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly. A lighthouse is the classic example of a public good because it is difficult to prevent a ship (a free rider) from using it.
- A worker at an open shop who is able to enjoy the benefits negotiated by a union without being a member of the union.
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noun (economics) one who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly
| 中文 | 搭便車者 /搭便车者 dā biànchē zhě |
|---|---|
| Français | passager clandestin |
| Italiano | portoghese |
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title = {free rider},
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