free lunch in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "free lunches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w"
        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "NFL"
        },
        {
          "word": "no free lunch theorem"
        },
        {
          "word": "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
        }
      ],
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        "Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort."
      ],
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gratis bier"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-au-free_lunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "free lunch"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "NFL"
    },
    {
      "word": "no free lunch theorem"
    },
    {
      "word": "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort."
      ],
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          "obtain"
        ],
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          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
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        [
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        "(idiomatic) Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-au-free_lunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gratis bier"
    }
  ],
  "word": "free lunch"
}

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"free lunch" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms