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duty-free
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
duty-free
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
duty-free goods (=that you do not pay tax on when you bring them into a country)
▪ What is the permitted amount of duty-free goods?
tax-free/duty-free etc
▪ tax-free earnings
▪ an opportunity to buy duty-free goods
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
shop
▪ He also abolished duty-free shops, a move expected to earn the government K150,000,000 annually.
▪ In the new part of the town, wide boulevards house a range of tempting duty-free shops for buying silverware and ceramics.
▪ It pumps me so full of adrenalin that I pace in and out of duty-free shops, toilets, coffee shops, anything.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dennis and the others were propping up the bar, Karen was supposedly selecting duty-free perfume.
▪ Following an agreement with the St Lucian government, electronic equipment and chandlery have been granted duty-free status.
▪ He also abolished duty-free shops, a move expected to earn the government K150,000,000 annually.
▪ In-flight magazine, duty-free price list, safety instruction cards.
▪ We pick up some cigars and duty-free liquor, then wander through the open-air marketplace.
▪ With the exception of brands like Janneau and Sempé, armagnac is rarely seen in duty-free lounges or glitzy cocktail bars.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
duty-free

nontaxable \nontaxable\ adj. Not subject to taxation; -- of goods imported into a country or sold at retail outlets; as, most laws imposing sales taxes make food nontaxable. Opposite of taxable. [Narrower terms: duty-free; tax-exempt, tax-free; unratable; untaxed ] Also See: {exempt.

Wiktionary
duty-free

a. 1 exempt from duty, especially from customs duty 2 of or pertaining to such goods n. 1 A duty-free article, especially part of the allowance of such goods allowed to be imported. 2 A shop where duty-free goods can be bought.

WordNet
duty-free

adj. exempt from duty; "duty-free liquor"

Usage examples of "duty-free".

He threw on his duds, that is, he had Mother Truczinski brush his blue bell-bottom trousers with cold coffee, squeezed into his sport shoes, poured himself into his jacket with the anchor buttons, sprinkled the white silk scarf from the Free Port with cologne which had also ripened on the duty-free dungheap of the Free Port, and soon stood there ready to go, stiff and square in his blue visor cap.

He gave the bottle a good shake and put it, with its entangled attachment, in the duty-free carrier bag.

Listen, with the old currant bun beaming down and a bottle or two of duty-free on the patio table we can give the matter serious thought.

An excerpt from Chapter LXXVI of High Wind in the Gabardines, a thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and gastric discomfort aboard a British cruise ship in the Napoleonic era, with a colorful insert map showing all duty-free ports.

Above, behind, below them in the void there hung reclining seats, stereophonic headsets, drinks trolleys, motion discomfort receptacles, disembarkation cards, duty-free video games, braided caps, paper cups, blankets, oxygen masks.

When you get there, go straight through passport control into the duty-free area.