Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial)One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.

    Schmarotzer, Trittbrettfahrer, Schnorrer

    нахле́бникnaxlébnik, нахле́бницаnaxlébnica, халя́вщикxaljávščik

  2. (Canada, New Zealand, UK)A person who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises.

    someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is nothing but a freeloader.

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  2. We don't want any freeloaders around here.

    ruНам здесь нахлебники не нужны.

    deWir akzeptieren hier keine Schmarotzer.

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  3. Tom is a freeloader.

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  4. Yanni is a freeloader.

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  5. You're such a freeloader! You're always taking candy from me but you never give me any.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who does not contribute or pay appropriately:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who does not contribute or pay appropriately:

Origin

From free + load + -er, originally US 1930s.

From free + load + -er, originally US 1930s.

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