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duty-free noun

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Definition

[U] goods that you can buy in special shops in airports, on ships, etc., without paying tax on them
We can buy our duty-free while we're waiting at the airport.
[C] (also duty-free shop) a shop at an airport, on a ship, etc. where you can buy duty-free goods
There'll be a duty-free on the ferry.

(Definition of duty-free noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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