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noun
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.
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Origin of free port
First recorded in 1705–15
Words nearby free port
free on board, free on rail, Freeper, free perspective, freephone, free port, Freepost, free press, freer, free radical, free-range
Other definitions for free port (2 of 2)
Freeport
[ free-pawrt, -pohrt ]
/ ˈfriˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /
noun
a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
a city in NW Illinois.
a city in SE Texas.
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British Dictionary definitions for free port
free port
noun
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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