free portnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfriː ˈpɔːt/us/ˌfriː ˈpɔːrt/an area near a port or airport to which goods from foreign countries can be brought without tax being paid if they are sent to another country when they leave this area
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Ports & docks
- anchorage
- basin
- boathouse
- breakwater
- derrick
- dock
- dockland
- dockyard
- harbour master
- hoverport
- jetty
- marina
- pier
- pierhead
- port
- sea wall
- slip
- terminal
- the dockside
- wharf
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Examples from literature
- For José Medina's tobacco factories were built at a free port in French territory.
- Free ports exist in Germany and have existed for a long time, although Germany is a country with a protective tariff.
- It is a free port, and is the great grain mart of this particular part of the world.
- Shall there be a free port in one State and onerous duties in another?
- The fourth comes from Singapore, and is brought there to exchange for British manufactures by the native craft which frequent that free port.