giveaway

An event where people receive things without paying, sometimes by entering a competition.

• I entered the giveaway yesterday.
• The shop held a giveaway to celebrate its opening.
• Three lucky readers won books in our latest giveaway.

Common phrases: enter a giveaway, online giveaway, giveaway event

Something given to people free, often to advertise a business or product.

• This pen was a giveaway.
• The company’s giveaways included bags and mugs.
• I still wear the shirt I received as a giveaway.

Similar words: freebie, free gift

Common phrases: free giveaway, promotional giveaway, giveaway item

Something that clearly reveals a fact someone may be trying to hide.

• His accent was a giveaway.
• Her smile was a dead giveaway that she knew the secret.
• The price was the biggest giveaway that the watch was fake.

How to use it: a giveaway that… (His muddy boots were a giveaway that he had been outside.)

Similar words: clue, sign, tell

Common phrases: dead giveaway, giveaway sign, giveaway that something

The act of giving something to others without asking for payment.

• The giveaway of supplies began at noon.
• Critics called the sale a giveaway of valuable public assets.
• The charity arranged a large giveaway of winter clothing.

How to use it: giveaway of something (They opposed the giveaway of public land.)

Similar words: free distribution, donation

Common phrases: giveaway of something, land giveaway, massive giveaway

Given to people without asking them to pay.

• The shop has a basket of giveaway samples.
• They offered giveaway tickets to local students.
• These giveaway pens carry the company logo.

Similar words: free, complimentary

Common phrases: giveaway items, giveaway samples, giveaway tickets

So low that something costs much less than usual.

• They sell books at giveaway prices.
• We bought the chairs for a giveaway price.
• Even at giveaway prices, these coats remained unsold.

Similar words: very low, bargain

Common phrases: giveaway prices, giveaway price