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FREE PORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free port mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
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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