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.
Synonyms
- (who obtains goods or services for free): freeloader; See also Thesaurus:scrounger
Derived terms
- free-rider problem
Related terms
- free ride
Translations
(economics) one who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly
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See also
- let George do it
- public good
- stowaway
- tragedy of the commons
References
- free rider in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- free rider at OneLook Dictionary Search