free port


noun

a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties.
a port open under equal conditions to all traders.

Origin of free port

First recorded in 1705–15

British Dictionary definitions for free port

free port

noun

a port open to all commercial vessels on equal terms
Also called: free zone a zone adjoining a port that permits the duty-free entry of foreign goods intended for re-export