lunch

lunch
[[t]lʌ̱ntʃ[/t]]
♦♦
lunches, lunching, lunched
1) N-VAR Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day.

Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?...

He did not enjoy business lunches...

If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client.

2) VERB When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant. [FORMAL]

[V adv/prep] Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle...

Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.

3) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If you say there's no such thing as a free lunch, you are saying that most things that are worth having need to be paid for or worked for, and that you cannot expect to get things for nothing.

The book includes 25 Lessons for Life: Lesson 1: There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for...

But, even in Hollywood, there is no such thing as a free lunch.


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  • Lunch — (l[u^]nch), n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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