freeloader

• free-loader

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːləʊdə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiloʊdɚ/

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freeloader (plural freeloaders)

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

   Synonyms: free rider, moocher; see also Thesaurus:scrounger

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

• freeloader fly

• bludger

• Jonathon Green (2024) “freeloader n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
• Eric Partridge (2005) “freeloader”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 798.

• foreleader