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FREE LUNCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free lunch mean?
• FREE LUNCH (noun)
The noun FREE LUNCH has 1 sense:
1. something acquired without effort or payment or obligation
Familiarity information: FREE LUNCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something acquired without effort or payment or obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood
Hypernyms ("free lunch" is a kind of...):
gift (something acquired without compensation)
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