Meanings
nounfree lunch (plural free lunches)
plural free lunches
- idiomaticSomething 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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 免費午餐 /免费午餐, 白吃的午餐
- 免費午餐 /免费午餐 (miǎnfèi wǔcān)Translations
- 白吃的午餐Translations
Dutch gratis bier
- gratis bierTranslations
Polish darmowa rzecz
- darmowa rzeczTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
free lunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20lunch
MLA
“free lunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20lunch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free lunch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20lunch.
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