duty-freeadj.adv.n.

Etymology: See duty n. 3c.

A. adj. and adv.

Free of duty; exempt from payment of duty.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adverb] > not liable to duty

custom-freec1450

duty-free1689

1689 Order in Council 12 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 2514/1 The Term allowed for the Importation of Provisions and Necessaries into Ireland Duty-free.

1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 43 Where a treaty does not give the principal right of selling, the additional one of selling duty free cannot be given.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 412 The Hanseatic traders..imported their own goods duty free.

B. n.

A duty-free article; frequently used in plural, esp. of cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, etc., bought and imported free of duty by those returning from or travelling abroad; also, a duty-free shop. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty-free article

duty-free1958

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop

show shop1787

lock-up shop1795

cash-store1811

boat shop1813

slaughter shop1841

slaughterhouse1851

ticket-shop1851

charity shop1853

magic shop1853

company store1872

Army and Navy1878

five-and-ten1880

farthing-shop1889

funeral home1895

goodwill1916

shop-within-(a)-shop1916

cash and carry1917

Piggly Wiggly1917

poverty shop1948

discount house1949

anchor1960

box store1976

mom-and-pop1976

op shop1978

duty-free1980

pound shop1983

pop-up2000

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty-free shop

duty-free1980

1958 Times 16 Sept. 10/7 The meagre stub in his mouth had burnt out and I offered him one of my duty-frees.

1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons iii. xii. 349 I'm going to march you into the duty free at Tegel and make you buy them.

1982 Economist 21 Aug. 64/1 A sample shopping basket of duty-frees costs almost twice as much on LB-Färjorna lines as it does at..Schiphol airport.

1985 Sunday Times 10 Mar. 12/1 (advt.) During the flight, our cabin staff will be coming round with drinks and Duty-Frees.

Compounds

duty-free shop n. a shop at an airport, on a boat, etc., at which duty-free goods can be bought.

ΚΠ

1965 Which? May 150/1 Not all airports have duty-free shops.

1969 Which? Mar. 79/1 Some ‘duty-free’ shop prices are too high.

1970 New Yorker 16 May 44/2 Maybe I should get him a gift at the duty-free shop.

1971 P. Purser Holy Father's Navy iv. 22 We were already on the second of the two bottles we'd bought at the duty-free shop.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	duty-free
释义	duty-freeadj.adv.n. Etymology: See duty n. 3c. A. adj. and adv. Free of duty; exempt from payment of duty. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adverb] > not liable to duty custom-freec1450 duty-free1689 1689 Order in Council 12 Dec. in London Gaz. No. 2514/1 The Term allowed for the Importation of Provisions and Necessaries into Ireland Duty-free. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 43 Where a treaty does not give the principal right of selling, the additional one of selling duty free cannot be given. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 412 The Hanseatic traders..imported their own goods duty free. B. n. A duty-free article; frequently used in plural, esp. of cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, etc., bought and imported free of duty by those returning from or travelling abroad; also, a duty-free shop. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty-free article duty-free1958 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop show shop1787 lock-up shop1795 cash-store1811 boat shop1813 slaughter shop1841 slaughterhouse1851 ticket-shop1851 charity shop1853 magic shop1853 company store1872 Army and Navy1878 five-and-ten1880 farthing-shop1889 funeral home1895 goodwill1916 shop-within-(a)-shop1916 cash and carry1917 Piggly Wiggly1917 poverty shop1948 discount house1949 anchor1960 box store1976 mom-and-pop1976 op shop1978 duty-free1980 pound shop1983 pop-up2000 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty-free shop duty-free1980 1958 Times 16 Sept. 10/7 The meagre stub in his mouth had burnt out and I offered him one of my duty-frees. 1980 J. Gardner Garden of Weapons iii. xii. 349 I'm going to march you into the duty free at Tegel and make you buy them. 1982 Economist 21 Aug. 64/1 A sample shopping basket of duty-frees costs almost twice as much on LB-Färjorna lines as it does at..Schiphol airport. 1985 Sunday Times 10 Mar. 12/1 (advt.) During the flight, our cabin staff will be coming round with drinks and Duty-Frees. Compounds duty-free shop n. a shop at an airport, on a boat, etc., at which duty-free goods can be bought. ΚΠ 1965 Which? May 150/1 Not all airports have duty-free shops. 1969 Which? Mar. 79/1 Some ‘duty-free’ shop prices are too high. 1970 New Yorker 16 May 44/2 Maybe I should get him a gift at the duty-free shop. 1971 P. Purser Holy Father's Navy iv. 22 We were already on the second of the two bottles we'd bought at the duty-free shop. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.adv.n.1689
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