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FREE PORT

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• FREE PORT (noun)
The noun FREE PORT has 2 senses:

1. an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
2. a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels

Familiarity information: FREE PORT used as a noun is rare.

• FREE PORT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

free port; free zone

Hypernyms ("free port" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("free port" is a kind of...):

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

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