duty-free en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English duty Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English duty-free From duty + -free.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Exempt from duty, especially from customs duty.
CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.”
2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald, Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025:
Translations (33)
ro scutit de vamă (exempt from duty, especially customs) · pl bezcłowy (exempt from duty, especially customs) · de zollfrei (exempt from duty, especially customs) · tr gümrüksüz (exempt from duty, especially customs) · id bebas cukai (exempt from duty, especially customs) · sv tullfri (exempt from duty, especially customs) · rsk безцарински (exempt from duty, especially customs) · bg безмитен (exempt from duty, especially customs) · nn tollfri (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ro scutit de taxe (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ro fără vamă (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ja デューティー・フリー (exempt from duty, especially customs) · de abgabenfrei (exempt from duty, especially customs) · nl taxfree (exempt from duty, especially customs) · fr hors taxe (exempt from duty, especially customs) · pl wolnocłowy (exempt from duty, especially customs) · cmn 免稅 /免税 (exempt from duty, especially customs) · mk бесцарински (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ja 無税 (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ja 免税 (exempt from duty, especially customs) · fi tulliton (exempt from duty, especially customs) · hu vámmentes (exempt from duty, especially customs) · pt isento de impostos (exempt from duty, especially customs) · mn татваргүй (exempt from duty, especially customs) · cs bezcelní (exempt from duty, especially customs) · da toldfri (exempt from duty, especially customs) · es sin arancel (exempt from duty, especially customs) · el αδασμολόγητος (exempt from duty, especially customs) · eo senimposta (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ko 면세 (exempt from duty, especially customs) · nl belastingvrij (exempt from duty, especially customs) · ru беспо́шлинный (exempt from duty, especially customs) · nb tollfri (exempt from duty, especially customs)