单词 | free-rider |
释义 | free-ridern.ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary wagerc1420 knight wager1513 mercenary1523 lance-knight1530 suddart1542 hireling1547 adventurer1548 venturer1572 lansquenet1577 warmonger1590 mercenarian1598 passe-volant1617 provantman1659 soldier of fortune1661 privateer1676 routier1683 bravo1761 stipendiary1768 free companion1804 freelance1819 free-rider1821 freelancer1854 merchant of death1934 merc1967 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy II. vii. 111 ‘Good luck to yee for a free rider and a bold,’ shouted the washerwoman as he passed. 1837 N.Y. Mirror 18 Feb. 268/2 I have not trusted myself within your reach..without a score or two of my free riders from Mount Semering to regulate your conscience. 1853 H. W. Herbert Chevaliers of France viii. 101 A Saxon outlaw..known far and wide throughout France as a free rider by the title of the green esquire, a soldier of much renown in the field. 1887 Overland Monthly June 578/2 Pedro in his youth had been a soldier, a free rider, of whom strange tales were told. 1902 H. Drummond Seigneur de Beaufoy 37 He set himself..the task of clearing out the brigands, free-riders, and the like from the woods. 1908 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 23 Feb. 2/3 Chief among the plotters is a mysterious free-rider, Red Feather. 2. Originally U.S. Originally: a person who rides a train, bus, etc., without having paid for it (when others have). Now chiefly: a person who, or organization which, benefits (or seeks to benefit) in some way from the effort of others, without making a similar contribution. Also attributive, in free-rider problem. Cf. free-ride v. 1, free-riding n. 1b. ΚΠ 1859 Amer. Railway Times 5 Mar. 2/6 2,110,993 passengers, not including commuters and free riders. 1923 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 16 Aug. 11 (advt.) The free rider which we miss doesn't help build up our service. 1937 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 23 Feb. 3/4 There is an example of unusually friendly cooperation between the Stock Exchange and a government agency..in the handling of the ‘free rider’ problem. 1941 R. A. Brady in Polit. Sci. Q. 56 222 It is a characteristic common to practically all leading trade associations and cartels that they seek to eliminate ‘outsiders’ or ‘free-riders’. 1942 Washington Post 24 Feb. 23/6 A new ruling by the Treasury designed to block out the ‘free riders’. Free riding consists of subscribing to a new issue with the expectation of selling out almost at once at a slight profit. 1985 Fiscal Stud. Aug. 41 The free-riders have lower costs (since they do not themselves provide the pre-sales services even though they benefit) and hence can offer lower retail prices. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. ii. 20/3 Assuming you are a team player and not a free rider, there is a high level of commitment in terms of input at syndicate meetings..and so forth. 2002 I. Mallick in A. K. Bagchi Money & Credit Indian Hist. 216 What is missing is the appreciation of the free-rider problem which pervades provision of public goods. 3. Sport. A person who participates in free-riding (free-riding n. 2). ΚΠ 1990 Skiing Dec. 218/1 The board rode well in the soft flats. A great choice for the female free-rider. 1995 Times 21 Oct. (Weekend section) 13/1 There are..freeriders who roam the mountain looking for jumps and powder. 2001 Motocross Jrnl. June 42/1 Jeremy learned to do Superman seat grabs in the off-season and wanted the world to know that he is as good as any freerider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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