free alongside ship
adverb, adjective
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Origin of free alongside ship
First recorded in 1900–05
Also called free alongside vessel.
F.A.S.
or f.a.s.
Commerce.
free alongside ship: without charge to the buyer for goods delivered alongside ship.
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free alongside ship
adjective
(of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vesselAbbreviation: FAS, f.a.s Also: free alongside vessel Compare free on board
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