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☆ free lunch

Informal something beneficial that comes at no cost or that carries no obligations “there's no such thing as a freelunch”

Etymology: from the former practice in some saloons of offering free lunches to purchasers of drinks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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