free port
a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties.
a port open under equal conditions to all traders.
Origin of free port
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Other definitions for Freeport (2 of 2)
a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
a city in NW Illinois.
a city in SE Texas.
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How to use free port in a sentence
In 1949, an executive with the newly reformed BASF toured Dow Chemical’s plant in Freeport, Texas.
The Dirty Secret of America’s Clean Dishes | by Max Blau and Lylla Younes, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica | December 20, 2021 | ProPublicaSubsequently the bonding and not the free port system was adopted in the United Kingdom.
The free port was, however, changed into a “deposito franco” by a law passed in 1865, and only storing privileges now remain.
It was a free port and had a considerable trade in wool and wine.
If we should be held rigidly to this, the appointment of a free port will be of great importance to our interests.
It would be of great service, if among them we could get a free port or two for the sale of prizes, as well as for commerce.
British Dictionary definitions for free port
a port open to all commercial vessels on equal terms
Also called: free zone a zone adjoining a port that permits the duty-free entry of foreign goods intended for re-export
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