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free rode

free rode is the simple past of free ride.

Meaning of free ride

Verb

free ride (third-person singular simple present free rides, present participle free riding, simple past free rode, past participle free ridden)

  1. To take a free ride; to take advantage of a benefit without contributing.
    • Finally, the level of excludahility of a CPR should affect the propensity to free ride.1999, J. Samuel Barkin, George E. Shambaugh, Anarchy and the Environment, →ISBN
  2. To buy and sell shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade.

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Questions about free rode

What is free rode the simple past of?
Free rode is the simple past of free ride.

Words near free rode in the dictionary

  1. free riding
  2. free roam
  3. free roamed
  4. free roaming
  5. free roams
  6. free rode
  7. free run
  8. free runner
  9. free runners
  10. free running
  11. free school

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