free goods

American  

plural noun

1. imported goods that are not subject to duty.

2. goods having utilitarian value, as air and water, but available in such great quantities as to have no cost.

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Etymology

Origin of free goods

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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

Common-property natural resources are free goods for the individual and scarce goods for society.

From Scientific American • Jun. 4, 2019

When forests were plentiful, lumber and fire wood were free goods in many neighborhoods.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert