free port

noun

: an enclosed port or section of a port where goods are received and shipped free of customs duty

Examples of free port in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —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. —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. —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. —Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free port

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• distort
• escort
• exhort
• extort

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