free list

American  

noun

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

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free list British  

noun

1. commerce a list of commodities not subject to tariffs

2. a list of people admitted free

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Etymology

Origin of free list

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

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

This month the foods on the free list include pancake and whole wheat flour, corn meal and hominy grits, dry beans, potatoes, fresh vegetables, apples�all plentiful but hardly surplus.

From Time Magazine Archive

In January the coalition-controlled Senate voted 4-to-35 to put cement on the free list.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the objections urged against the treaty in Canada, the most significant was that directed against the free list of manufactures.

From George Brown by Lewis, John