free rider
See also: freerider
English
Noun
free rider (plural free riders)
- 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.
- (economics) 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.
- (industrial relations) A worker at an open shop who is able to enjoy the benefits negotiated by a union without being a member of the union.
Synonyms
- (who obtains goods or services for free): freeloader; See also Thesaurus:scrounger
Derived terms
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Translations
(economics) one who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly
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References
- “free rider”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- free rider at OneLook Dictionary Search
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