"duty-free" meaning in English

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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 (Chinese Mandarin), 免税 (miǎnshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), bezcelní (Czech), toldfri (Danish), senimposta (Esperanto), hors taxe (French), zollfrei (German), abgabenfrei (German), αδασμολόγητος (adasmológitos) (Greek), vámmentes (Hungarian), 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)
    Sense id: en-duty-free-en-adj-aYRcFPgQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -free Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 28 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 59 26 15

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
    Sense id: en-duty-free-en-noun-kR6LHCQ-
  2. A shop where duty-free goods can be bought. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought): 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

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