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FREE PORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("free port" is a kind of...):
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
Synonyms:
free port; free zone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("free port" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
