[Fresh Wind]

You are absolutely correct. "Free" is one of the most misleading words in the English language.

[GenXPolymath]

You are using free wrong. It is not “free” for an employee to receive benefit from their employer. Who taught you economics or finance? If an employer offers benefits in kind as part of the employment package to their employees that’s not free that’s part of the compensation package my God who teaches finance these days.

[mewzilla]

Free is just a word.

The people who knowingly misuse it are liars.