free on board

adjective (abbreviation FOB) TRANSPORT, COMMERCE

Definition

› used for stating that the seller is responsible for transporting goods to a ship at a particular port, and then they become the buyer's responsibility

free on board adverb › The seller had agreed to despatch goods free on board. → See also Incoterm

(Definition of free on board adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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