free list
Americannoun
noun
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commerce a list of commodities not subject to tariffs
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a list of people admitted free
Etymology
Origin of free list
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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The executions would be raised in discussions on the Commission's proposal to put Kuwait on the visa free list, Schinas added.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022
It’s a great resource, usually with a free list of locally well-adapted plants.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021
That last sentence would need explaining, because the Underwood bill placed on the free list a lot of things that farmers raise, viz. bacon, hams, hogs, wool, lambs, sheep, corn, wheat, potatoes, rye, milk, cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
His power to raise or lower tariffs by 50% to fulfill the terms of such agreements would not extend to putting articles on the free list or taking them off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grain, fruit and vegetables, dairy products, live stock, fish, hewn lumber and sawn boards, and many minerals were put on the free list.
From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas
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