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duty-free en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

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

  1. (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)

duty-free en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

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

  1. (countable, uncountable) A duty-free article, especially part of the allowance of such goods allowed to be imported.
    • We brought back so much duty-free we could hardly walk.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A shop where duty-free goods can be bought.
    • Have you been to Melbourne airport's duty-free?

Forms

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duty-frees Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

nl taxfreeshop (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought) · id bebas cukai (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought) · pt duty-free (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought) · nl taxfreewinkel (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought) · pl sklep wolnocłowy (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought) · ru дьютифри (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought)