Etymology

From no strings attached.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NOSTRINGSATTACHED
• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NOSTRINGSATTACHED

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ætʃtCategory:Rhymes:English/ætʃt#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:Rhymes:English/ætʃt/4 syllables#NOSTRINGSATTACHED
• Hyphenation: no-strings-at‧tached

Adjective

no-strings-attached (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:English adjectives#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:English multiword terms#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NOSTRINGSATTACHEDCategory:Pages with entries#NO-STRINGS-ATTACHEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#NO-STRINGS-ATTACHED

1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#NOSTRINGSATTACHED, originally USCategory:American English#NOSTRINGSATTACHED, informalCategory:English informal terms#NOSTRINGSATTACHED) Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations.
   • 2009 February 19, Vivian Salama, “Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?”, in Time‎, 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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