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free list

American  

noun

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


free list British  

noun

  1. commerce a list of commodities not subject to tariffs

  2. a list of people admitted free

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

They have newsprint on the free list and they don't keep enough on hand to pay any taxes on that.

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as to embrace many articles of necessity; additional ports and places of entry were established; restrictive laws were repealed, and foreign vessels were admitted to the coasting-trade.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