free ride

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === free ride (plural free rides) (idiomatic) An opportunity or benefit which has no cost, especially one enjoyed or undertaken at the expense of others. (finance) The practice of buying and selling shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade. (poker) A hand in which a player can remain without betting further money. === Verb === free ride (third-person singular simple present free rides, present participle free riding, simple past free rode, past participle free ridden) To take a free ride; to take advantage of a benefit without contributing. (finance) To buy and sell shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade. ==== Derived terms ==== free rider === See also === freeload === References === “free ride”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.