free alongside ship

adjective (abbreviation FAS, also free alongside vessel) TRANSPORT

Definition

› used to say that the seller pays for goods to be transported to a ship at a particular port and the buyer pays for the goods to be put onto the ship and transported

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(Definition of free alongside ship adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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