Definition of "duty-free" [duty-free]

• Exempt from customs duties: duty-free merchandise. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or being a region or establishment in which imported goods are exempt from customs duties: a duty-free port; a duty-free shop. (adjective)

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• "Yet the two divisions have opened fewer than 30 stores internationally between them, mostly small, duty-free shops."
• "If one adheres to that philosophy, then it's a duty to finish a child's meal, and duty-bound eating should be duty-free eating."
• "The measures on offer, including duty-free, quota-free access to developed country markets and improved rules of origin, did not come close to addressing the fundamental injustices in the global trading system."