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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That’s a common theme in the Olympic Village, where corporate sponsors of the Games have gotten creative with their free goods and services — and swag bags — for the athletes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
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
Tall, metal barrels punctuate the space and act as containers for trees — more found, free goods from public listings.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2021
Common-property natural resources are free goods for the individual and scarce goods for society.
From Scientific American • Jun. 4, 2019
By a letter from Middlebourg, to which the enclosed is an answer, a cargo seized and sent to America, as English property, is reclaimed partly on the supposition, that free ships make free goods.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
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