free lunch
nounDefinition of free lunch
: something one does not have to pay for
also
: free ride
Examples of free lunch in a Sentence
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Some districts with high numbers of students receiving free lunch also weren’t anticipating much trouble. — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, "Proposed federal rule would end food assistance for 33,000 in Colorado," 19 Aug. 2019 Instead of figuring out which students in which schools come from low-income families, some high-poverty districts provide free lunches to all students. — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, "Stop Suing Patients, Advocates Advise Memphis Nonprofit Hospital System," 30 July 2019 The company provides out-of-the-box employee-wide activities (escape rooms, cooking classes, dance classes, improv activities etc.), free lunches every Friday, jean days and Super Bowl drawings. — Leigh Farr, azcentral, "Small Company Rankings," 13 June 2019 Additionally, children in those families could lose automatic eligibility for free lunches at school. — Jackie Botts, The Mercury News, "Why Californians could bear the brunt of Trump food stamp cuts," 4 Aug. 2019 Ahead of a Senate hearing on the bill on July 9, Uber and Lyft gave around 500 drivers between $25 and $100, plus a free lunch, to rally at the state capitol in Sacramento in opposition to the bill. — Lauren Kaori Gurley, The New Republic, "California Looks to Give Gig Workers Their Due," 24 July 2019 Commissioner Regina Hill recalled meeting up at the park with kids from other neighborhoods to compete in swimming and volleyball and also for a free lunch from the city. — Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com, "Lorna Doone Park is closed for construction. When it reopens, it’s ‘going to be on par with Lake Eola Park’," 4 June 2019 For the coming year, the district will qualify for funding to provide free lunches to all students. — Fox News, "School district warns parents: Pay lunch bill or kids may go into foster care," 21 July 2019 Officials in East Orange recognize that many families are just getting by, and even something as simple as free lunch or dinner during the summer can be a blessing. — NBC News, "Hunger takes no summer break: When school's out, the challenge is how to feed more kids," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'free lunch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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