"duty-free" meaning in English

See duty-free in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From duty + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duty|free}} duty + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=duty-free}} duty-free (not comparable)
  1. Exempt from duty, especially from customs duty. Tags: not-comparable Translations (exempt from duty, especially customs): безмитен (bezmiten) (Bulgarian), 免稅 /免税 (miǎnshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), bezcelní (Czech), toldfri (Danish), belastingvrij (Dutch), taxfree (Dutch), senimposta (Esperanto), hors taxe (French), zollfrei (German), abgabenfrei (German), αδασμολόγητος (adasmológitos) (Greek), vámmentes (Hungarian), bebas cukai (Indonesian), 免税 (menzei) (alt: めんぜい) (Japanese), デューティー・フリー (dyǔtī hurī) (Japanese), 無税 (muzei) (alt: むぜい) (Japanese), бесцарински (bescarinski) (Macedonian), татваргүй (tatvargüj) (Mongolian), tollfri (Norwegian Bokmål), tollfri (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezcłowy (Polish), wolnocłowy (Polish), isento de impostos (Portuguese), scutit de vamă (Romanian), fără vamă (Romanian), scutit de taxe (Romanian), беспо́шлинный (bespóšlinnyj) (Russian), sin arancel (Spanish), tullfri (Swedish), gümrüksüz (Turkish)
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Noun

Forms: duty-frees [plural]
Etymology: From duty + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duty|free}} duty + -free Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=duty-free}} duty-free (countable and uncountable, plural duty-frees)
  1. A duty-free article, especially part of the allowance of such goods allowed to be imported. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. A shop where duty-free goods can be bought. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought): taxfreewinkel [masculine] (Dutch), taxfreeshop [masculine] (Dutch), bebas cukai (Indonesian), duty-free [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-duty-free-en-noun-3EW2fPlJ Disambiguation of 'a shop where duty-free goods can be bought': 10 90

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "wolnocłowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "isento de impostos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "scutit de vamă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "fără vamă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "scutit de taxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespóšlinnyj",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "беспо́шлинный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "sin arancel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "tullfri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exempt from duty, especially customs",
      "word": "gümrüksüz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duty-free"
}

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    {
      "form": "duty-frees",
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        {
          "text": "We brought back so much duty-free we could hardly walk.",
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        "A duty-free article, especially part of the allowance of such goods allowed to be imported."
      ],
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          "allowance",
          "allowance"
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        "uncountable"
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        {
          "text": "Have you been to Melbourne airport's duty-free?",
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        "A shop where duty-free goods can be bought."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a shop where duty-free goods can be bought",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taxfreewinkel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a shop where duty-free goods can be bought",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "taxfreeshop"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a shop where duty-free goods can be bought",
      "word": "bebas cukai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a shop where duty-free goods can be bought",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duty-free"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duty-free"
}

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