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In They have all eaten their….. how is the blank to be filled?

Lunch or Lunches?

The pronoun their requires the following noun to be in the plural, if it has a plural form.

But lunch (the light midday meal) has no plural form.

• They have all eaten their lunch. We have all had our dinner.

A caterer may speak of 10 breakfasts, 15lunches and so on.

That is a different matter. Lunch is used here as a certain type of object - a countable noun.

Note : Luncheon is a formal lunch.