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free port

 
 
noun [C] COMMERCE

Definition

TRANSPORT, TAX a port that charges little or no tax on goods that have been brought there temporarily from a foreign country before being transported to another country: The UK set up six free ports in 1984, including Liverpool and Southampton.
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