"free lunch" meaning in All languages combined

See free lunch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-free lunch.ogg Forms: free lunches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free lunch (plural free lunches)
  1. (idiomatic) Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: NFL, no free lunch theorem, there's no such thing as a free lunch Translations (Translations): gratis bier [neuter] (Dutch)

Inflected forms

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