duty-free

[ doo-tee-free, dyoo- ]

/ ˈdu tiˈfri, ˈdyu- /

free of customs duty or tax on imported or exported goods: duty-free cargo; merchandise shipped duty-free.

pertaining to or selling goods for import or export free of the usual customs duty: a duty-free shop at the airport.

Origin of duty-free

1680–90; duty (in the sense “an import or export tax”) + -free

Even more than competition to his bridge, Maroun objects to competition for his duty-free gasoline stations.

The Price of the Tea Party |David Frum |June 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One communicates with her by text, if at all, meeting only in the duty-free zones of strip clubs and hotel suites.

Rise of the Alpha Female |Lizzie Skurnick |December 11, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Many products from these nations now enter America duty-free, yet many of our products face steep tariffs in their markets.

State of the Union Addresses of George W. Bush |George W. Bush
The law for the encouragement of the coinage, by rendering it duty-free, was first enacted during the reign of Charles II.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |Adam Smith

Duty-free importation favored and encouraged this dependence on Germany for scientific apparatus.

America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell
If taken out for exportation, to be duty-free; proper security being always given that they should be so exported.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |Adam Smith
For a handsome man I'll admit he was the duty-free merchandise.

Roads of Destiny |O. Henry

duty-free

with exemption from customs or excise duties

goods sold in a duty-free shop