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free lunch

free lunch noun: something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort.

Noun

free lunch (plural free lunches)

  1. (idiomatic) Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort.
    • He had also been under some pressure from up the hill (Murray MacLehose) to spend more, on social welfare, on public housing, on medical and health, on law and order — an endless list of highly desirable causes as well as a few free lunches.1999 October 7, Joseph Yam, “A tribute to Philip Haddon-Cave”, in Hong Kong Monetary Authority, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2023

free lunch meaning in Bengali

free lunch in Bengali

কোনো অর্থ প্রদান, বাধ্যবাধকতা, প্রচেষ্টা ছাড়াই প্রাপ্ত কিছু

Forms of free lunch

pluralfree lunches

Words formed from free lunch

Questions about free lunch

What does free lunch mean?
Free lunch means something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort.
What is free lunch in Bengali?
Free lunch in Bengali is কোনো অর্থ প্রদান, বাধ্যবাধকতা, প্রচেষ্টা ছাড়াই প্রাপ্ত কিছু. See Free lunch meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is free lunch?
Free lunch is a noun.
What is the plural of free lunch?
The plural of free lunch is free lunches.

Words near free lunch in the dictionary

  1. free liver
  2. free livers
  3. free love
  4. free lover
  5. free lovers
  6. free lunch
  7. free lunches
  8. free market
  9. free marketeer
  10. free marketeering
  11. free marketeers

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