free port

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [free pawrt, pohrt]
- /fri pɔrt, poʊrt/
- /friː pɔːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free pawrt, pohrt]
- /fri pɔrt, poʊrt/

Definitions of free port words

noun free port a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties. 1
noun free port a port open under equal conditions to all traders. 1
noun free port law: open to commercial vessels 1
countable noun free port A free port is a port or airport where goods can be brought in from foreign countries without payment of duty if they are going to be exported again. 0
noun free port a port open to all commercial vessels on equal terms 0
noun free port a zone adjoining a port that permits the duty-free entry of foreign goods intended for re-export 0

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Origin of free port

First appearance:

before 1705

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1705-15

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Parts of speech for Free port

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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free port popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for free port

noun free port

common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
free enterprise — an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.
free trade — trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
free market — an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

All 4 Synonyms of free port