no-strings-attached

See also: no strings attached

English

Etymology

From no strings attached.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætʃt
  • Hyphenation: no-strings-at‧tached

Adjective

no-strings-attached (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, originally US, informal) Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations.
    • 2009 February 19, Vivian Salama, “Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?”, in Time‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 September 2010:
      Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid.
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