"on the house" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the house, {{en-PP}} on the house
  1. (of goods or services) free, complimentary. Related terms: compliments of the house Translations (free service): per compte de la casa (Catalan), na účet podniku (Czech), på husets regning (Danish), kaupan päälle (Finnish), ilmaiseksi (Finnish), aux frais de la maison (French), aufs Haus (German), a cég állja/fizeti (a számlát/cechet) (Hungarian), „mi álljuk” (a számlát/cechet) (note: often in the first person plural) (Hungarian), ar chuntas an tí (Irish), ó mhuintir an tí (Irish), サービス (sābisu) (Japanese), 서비스 (seobiseu) (Korean), na koszt firmy (Polish), por conta da casa (Portuguese), за счёт заведения (za sčot zavedenija) (Russian), por cuenta de la casa (Spanish), yn rhad ac am ddim (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-on_the_house-en-prep_phrase-iPAsIrxX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "word": "за счёт заведения"
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          "word": "por cuenta de la casa"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "free service",
          "word": "yn rhad ac am ddim"
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      "word": "per compte de la casa"
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "за счёт заведения"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "por cuenta de la casa"
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