duty-free
adjective or adverb
ˌdü-tē-ˈfrē 
ˌdyü-,
ˈd(y)ü-tē-ˌfrē
1
: without payment of customs duties : free from duties
imported duty-free
duty-free goods
2
: relating to or selling duty-free goods
a duty-free shop
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Billingslea said Hezbollah has embedded itself into Margarita Island’s economy, exploiting the island’s duty-free status and cross-border access to Colombia to generate revenue through smuggling and drug importation.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The new storefront is part of a bigger duty-free retail area operated by Dufry, featuring an outpost of Preloved Luxury, another reseller of high-end goods.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
Hainan, a tourist destination famed for its resorts, this week became a duty-free region and now allows foreign companies to operate in sectors there that they are barred from in mainland China.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Preserving this vital trilateral partnership, enhancing cooperation on economic security and restoring duty-free treatment for all USMCA-compliant goods would bolster the long-term prosperity of businesses and workers in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
The new storefront is part of a bigger duty-free retail area operated by Dufry, featuring an outpost of Preloved Luxury, another reseller of high-end goods.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
Hainan, a tourist destination famed for its resorts, this week became a duty-free region and now allows foreign companies to operate in sectors there that they are barred from in mainland China.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Preserving this vital trilateral partnership, enhancing cooperation on economic security and restoring duty-free treatment for all USMCA-compliant goods would bolster the long-term prosperity of businesses and workers in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for duty-free
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“Duty-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duty-free. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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