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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for free port