duty-free

adjective or adverb

ˌdü-tē-ˈfrē

ˌdyü-,

ˈd(y)ü-tē-ˌfrē

: without payment of customs duties : free from duties

imported duty-free

duty-free goods

: relating to or selling duty-free goods

a duty-free shop

Examples of duty-free in a Sentence

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Trade Deals Trade programs like the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Haiti HOPE/HELP, which allow duty-free access to the U.S. market, are set to expire next September, and their fate will rest with the new Congress. —

Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024 Forest City is a duty-free zone in Malaysia, just a few miles from Singapore. —

Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024 The latest trend seems to be selling duty-free items more aggressively and pushing you to apply for one of their revenue-generating credit cards – both of which are likely to fall flat. —

Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024 Hainan has the world’s largest duty-free shopping mall, and the government plans to turn the entire island into a duty-free hub as early as next year. —

Serenitie Wang, Cnbc, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for duty-free