free goods
Americanplural noun
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imported goods that are not subject to duty.
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goods having utilitarian value, as air and water, but available in such great quantities as to have no cost.
Etymology
Origin of free goods
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Any free goods that actually resulted would be a bonus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The entrepreneur made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world, but he rejected the trappings of wealth himself.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
Federal Trade Commission guidance that companies offering free goods should take “extreme care so as to avoid any possibility that consumers will be misled or deceived.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023
Sales pay for the shop’s rent, free goods and services.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2022
"Neutral ships make neutral goods; free ships, free goods," ii.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
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