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The quiet cost you pay for the thing you thought was free.
means Harm or disadvantage that results from something, especially a loss suffered as a side effect of a choice or situation.
from From Latin detrimentum, 'a wearing away' or 'loss,' built from deterere — 'to rub away, wear down' (de- 'away' + terere 'to rub'). The same root terere gives us 'attrition' and 'trite,' all carrying that image of friction slowly grinding something down. A detriment, then, was originally damage inflicted by wearing — a cost that accrues quietly, through use, rather than arriving all at once.
- root meaning
- from Latin detrimentum, literally a wearing away
- legal use
- old English law needs a detriment for a valid contract
- sneaky usage
- often hides behind phrase to the detriment of
- opposite word
- benefit, its far more popular sibling