free port

free port

noun
1.
a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties.
2.
a port open under equal conditions to all traders.

Origin:
1705–15
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free port
 
n
1.  a port open to all commercial vessels on equal terms
2.  Also called: free zone a zone adjoining a port that permits the duty-free entry of foreign goods intended for re-export

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