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"text": "Volunteers are provided with a meal ticket for every four hours of service."
}
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"A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food."
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "food stamps"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "free lunch"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "meal voucher"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "pay the bills"
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"word": "bread ticket"
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "talon",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "տալոն"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ruokalipuke"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ticket-restaurant"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
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],
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},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "a voucher for food",
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"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ticket"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "coupon"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "tagliando"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shokken",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "食券"
},
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"sense": "a voucher for food",
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],
"word": "matbong"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kártočka",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́рточка"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "talón",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "тало́н m на пита́ние"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "vale"
},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "cupón"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "harina de billetes"
}
]
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{
"text": "I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket."
}
],
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"Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source."
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "leipä"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gagne-pain"
},
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "gogo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "pigeon"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "gonzo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "pollo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bapjul",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "밥줄"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormílec",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "корми́лец"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "primo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "ekmek parası"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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{
"word": "meal voucher"
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{
"word": "pay the bills"
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],
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"text": "I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket."
}
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],
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],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "talon",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "տալոն"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ruokalipuke"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ticket-restaurant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ticket-repas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "bon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "ticket"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "coupon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "tagliando"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shokken",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "食券"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "matbong"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kártočka",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́рточка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "talón",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "тало́н m на пита́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "vale"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "cupón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a voucher for food",
"word": "harina de billetes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "leipä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gagne-pain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "gogo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "pigeon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "gonzo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "pollo"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bapjul",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "밥줄"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kormílec",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "корми́лец"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "primo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an exploited source of income or livelihood",
"word": "ekmek parası"
}
],
"word": "meal ticket"
}
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