"on the house" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  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), sulla casa (Italian), サービス (sābisu) (Japanese), 서비스 (seobiseu) (Korean), na koszt firmy (Polish), por conta da casa (Portuguese), din partea casei (Romanian), за счёт заведения (za sčot zavedenija) (Russian), por cuenta de la casa (Spanish), yn rhad ac am ddim (Welsh)
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          "word": "per compte de la casa"
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          "word": "na účet podniku"
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          "sense": "free service",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "free service",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "free service",
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          "sense": "free service",
          "word": "ar chuntas an tí"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "free service",
          "word": "ó mhuintir an tí"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "free service",
          "word": "sulla casa"
        },
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seobiseu",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "free service",
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          "sense": "free service",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "free service",
          "word": "din partea casei"
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          "word": "за счёт заведения"
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          "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "på husets regning"
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "ilmaiseksi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "aux frais de la maison"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "free service",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "free service",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "ar chuntas an tí"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "ó mhuintir an tí"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "sulla casa"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "sense": "free service",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "free service",
      "word": "por conta da casa"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "free service",
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      "word": "за счёт заведения"
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      "code": "es",
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