giveaway

[giveaway] or [dead giveaway] {n.}

(stress on "give")

1. An open secret.

* /By mid-afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new boss would be./

2. A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold for much less than their market value.

* /The Simpson's garage sale was actually a big giveaway./

3. A gift; something one doesn't have to pay for.

* /The tickets to the concert were a giveaway./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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