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free list

American  

noun

  1. a list or register of articles that may be brought into a country duty-free.


free list British  

noun

  1. commerce a list of commodities not subject to tariffs

  2. a list of people admitted free

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

While fir, pine, spruce and hemlock were retained on the free list, other kinds of lumber were put under the tariff, with cedar shingles paying 25% ad valorem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only does he expect that advertisers will look with favor on this hand-picked slice of kid glove circulation, but he thinks that he will pick up some 5,000 permanent readers from each free list.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were enough members who did not dare to vote against putting tea and coffee on the free list to turn the scale.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar

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