[metmom]

A gift is, by its very nature, something that you are given that you did not have to earn or pay for.

The minute money or work is involved it ceases to be a gift.

[SkyDancer]

So next time I give a gift to someone I'll charge them for what I paid for it?

I don't understand the relevance to my question of gift vs free gift grammatically; it's redundant to say free gift since the word gift inherently means it's free - here's a gift, no charge?