I had always understood 'there's no such thing as a free lunch' as a expression to demonstrate the economics concept of opportunity cost - whereby even if the lunch is fully paid for, one loses the opportunity to spend that time doing anything else. Regarding your second question about context: given that English normally likes to adopt the shortest phrasing possible, the longer form "free of charge" can be used as a means of drawing attention to the lack of demand for Mar 3, 2017 · 1 ' Free ' absolutely means 'free from any sorts constraints or controls. In the context of foods the appropriate portmanteau is gluten-containing -containing can be used universally, although there are other alternatives depending on specific food components (eg, sugared for sugar-free) Aug 16, 2011 · A friend claims that the phrase for free is incorrect. The context determines its different denotations, if any, as in 'free press', 'fee speech', 'free stuff' etc. It may also simply mean that you expect the person to be busy rather than free, rather than the other way round. My company gives out free promotional items with the company name on it. Sep 5, 2014 · I remember that pilots are given free flight rides on other flights and that there was a particular term/phrase for this. Nov 7, 2014 · What is the word for when someone gives you something for free instead of you paying for it? For example: Some shopkeeper is about to close his shop, and you catch him just in the nick of time, you get something (anything), nonetheless he's so hurried that he lets you take it for free. Should we only say at no cost instead? Apr 4, 2016 · I don't think there's any difference in meaning, although "free of charges" is much less common than "free of charge". Any ideas? The fact that it was well-established long before OP's 1930s movies is attested by this sentence in the Transactions of the Annual Meeting from the South Carolina Bar Association, 1886 And to-day, “free white and twenty-one,” that slang phrase, is no longer broad enough to include the voters in this country.

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