giveaway

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Something that is given away or handed out for free.

   • 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.
2. 2

   An event at which things are given away for free.

   • 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.
   • Following the feast the tables were cleared, making room for the giveaway.
3. 3

   The act of giving something away for free.

   • Late May is the target date for giveaway of the new NPP FloraCopter game by retail Aorists to increase their “in-store traffic" and sales.
   • Nothing kills profits like product giveaway.
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   1. 4

      An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.

      • Near-synonyms: clue, sign, tell
      • The frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake.
      • Their skin was the real giveaway: again and again it turned out to be fattier and softer than average and therefore warmer.
   2. 5

      free of charge, at no cost.

   3. 6

      very low.

      • There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.

The neighborhood

• neighborgiveback
• neighbortakeaway