free goods
Americanplural noun
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imported goods that are not subject to duty.
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goods having utilitarian value, as air and water, but available in such great quantities as to have no cost.
Etymology
Origin of free goods
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Federal Trade Commission guidance that companies offering free goods should take “extreme care so as to avoid any possibility that consumers will be misled or deceived.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
The tech giant says the groups offer money or free goods in exchange for reviews being posted on Amazon.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
Sales pay for the shop’s rent, free goods and services.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022
Common-property natural resources are free goods for the individual and scarce goods for society.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 4, 2019
In our treaties with France, the United Netherlands, Sweden, and Prussia, the principle of free bottom, free goods, was uniformly maintained.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
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