free list
Americannoun
noun
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commerce a list of commodities not subject to tariffs
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a list of people admitted free
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
Up the other side of this tariff schedule rushed the coalition army, skirting the coal tar salient temporarily lest it be treacherously mined, but forcing ergot and crude chicle on the free list.
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
The free list was enlarged so as to embrace many articles of necessity; additional ports and places of entry were established; restrictive laws were repealed, and foreign vessels were admitted to the coasting-trade.
From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson
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