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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
gratis
 
SYLLABICATION:grat·is
PRONUNCIATION:  grts, gräts, gr-
ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: Without charge.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Latin grts, alteration of grtis, out of kindness, free, ablative pl. of grtia, kindness. See gwer-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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