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Free port   /fri pɔrt/   Listen
Free port

noun
1.
An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties.  Synonym: free zone.
2.
A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels.





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"Free port" Quotes from Famous Books



... were conquered by the Dutch in 1669, and the latter nation has since then been nominal ruler of Celebes Island. By the name Macassar is commonly meant the Dutch fortified town of Rotterdam, on the western shore of the peninsula above mentioned; the Dutch made it a free port in 1847. See the full descriptive and historical account of Celebes by Valentyn, Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, part ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624 • Various
... of the Basilisk, being from a free port, had the old feud against the men of the Cinque Ports, who were looked upon by the other mariners of England as being unduly favored by the King. A ship of the West Country could scarce meet with one from the Narrow Seas without blood flowing. ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle


Words linked to "Free port" :   port, country, area


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