giveaway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something that is given away or handed out for free.

   The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.

2. 2
   noun

   An event at which things are given away for free.

   In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings.

3. 3
   noun

   The act of giving something away for free.

   Frankly, I think extension of this policy to the nation through the Eisenhower administration policy of 'partnership' with private power monopoly would be the most colossal giveaway in history — 20 or 30 times as big as Teapot Dome or Tideland Oil.

4. 4
   noun

   An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.

   Near-synonyms: clue, sign, tell

5. 5
   adj

   very low.

   There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.

6. 6
   noun

   a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards

7. 7
   noun

   an unintentional disclosure

8. 8
   noun

   a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group

Etymology

Deverbal from give away.