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duty-free shop

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noun

  1. a shop, esp one at an airport or on board a ship, that sells perfume, tobacco, etc, at duty-free prices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There's the duty-free shop classic, Toblerone, one the first milk chocolate brands in the world and in my opinion the greatest.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

The duty-free shop operator’s deal, if executed, would surpass Tianqi Lithium’s $1.71 billion listing in June to become the biggest share sale in Hong Kong in 2022.

From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022

The compromise location for Trump’s meeting Wednesday with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was the VIP lounge at Shannon Airport, just down the hallway from the food court and duty-free shop.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2019

The airport lounge was hardly the usual setting for a first meeting of two heads of state, though Shannon Airport does boast of the world's first duty-free shop.

From Fox News ● Jun. 5, 2019

Anything you buy in a duty-free shop is duty-free “only for the country in which that shop is located,” as United States Customs and Border Protection puts it.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2015

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