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free port
noun
: an enclosed port or section of a port where goods are received and shipped free of customs duty
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The independent duchies of sixteenth-century Italy established free ports, which allowed slavers safe passage and relieved import duties for transiting merchants in need of temporary storage for perishable goods like grain.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
At the end of the day, national governments have the power to control everything that happens in special economic zones or in free ports.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
It’s located in a free port (a real thing where rich people can secure their valuables without paying taxes on them) at the Oslo airport.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
Perhaps Sunak, who had written a research paper on the value of post-Brexit free ports, was voting like a hedge fund manager.
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Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1530, in the meaning defined above
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“Free port.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20port. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
Geographical Definition
Freeport
geographical name
Free·port
ˈfrē-ˌpȯrt
1
city in northern Illinois west of Rockford population 25,638
2
village in southeastern New York on Long Island population 42,860
3
city in northwestern Bahamas on central Grand Bahama Island population 26,574
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