| chemical-free |
made or grown without and containing no added chemicals that could harm life or the environment. |
| duty-free |
exempt from a duty or tax. |
| fancy-free |
without obligations or commitments, esp. any love attachment. |
| for free |
for no money; at no cost. |
| free agent |
a professional athlete, such as a baseball player, who is free to contract to play for any team. |
| free and easy |
casual and unconstrained. |
| free association |
a psychoanalytic technique for discovering repressed thoughts and emotions, in which the patient talks spontaneously about whatever comes to mind. [2 definitions] |
| free city |
a city having its own sovereign government under international control. |
| free enterprise |
the notion that a capitalist economy does not require government support or intervention, but can regulate itself through the relationships of supply and demand in a freely competitive market. |
| free flight |
the flight or any part a flight, as of an airplane or rocket, that occurs without a means of propulsion. |
| free gold |
gold of the U.S. treasury whose use is not restricted to the redemption of gold certificates. [2 definitions] |
| free lance |
a person who earns a living as a writer, graphic artist, musician, or the like by taking on a variety of assignments, often completed at home, for a variety of employers. [3 definitions] |
| free lunch |
(informal) something obtained for nothing. |
| free market |
a market in which buying and selling is theoretically conducted without restriction. [2 definitions] |
| free on board |
delivered free of charge to a buyer on board a train or ship. |
| free port |
a port that is open to all ships. [2 definitions] |
| free radical |
an atom or molecule with one or more unpaired electrons. |
| free school |
a school that is an alternative to the traditional public and private schools, with a flexible approach to teaching. |
| free throw |
in basketball, an unhindered shot at the basket from the foul line; foul shot. |
| free trade |
trade between countries that is free of import-export quotas, duties, or other governmental restrictions. |