free rider🔊

One who gets a free ride on a ship, or similar; one who rides on a means of transportation gratis.

📑 Synonyms: stowaway

(by extension) Someone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.

📑 Synonyms: freeloader

(economics) One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly.

(industrial relations) A worker at an open shop who is able to enjoy the benefits negotiated by a union without being a member of the union.

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