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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Yet the country benefits from duty-free benefits for products like cars and fruit in the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA, and other trade deals.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Its stock plunged 45% over the past year as tourist arrivals from China dropped and its key concessionaire, King Power, sought to cancel contracts to operate duty-free shops at five airports.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
While imports from these nations are presumably duty-free under the trade agreement, the average tariff rate paid on apparel imports hit 6.7 percent in April.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 June 2025
Plenty of travelers have been known to bring back a bottle of gin from a trip to London—or any duty-free shop, for that matter.
—Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Its stock plunged 45% over the past year as tourist arrivals from China dropped and its key concessionaire, King Power, sought to cancel contracts to operate duty-free shops at five airports.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
While imports from these nations are presumably duty-free under the trade agreement, the average tariff rate paid on apparel imports hit 6.7 percent in April.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 June 2025
Plenty of travelers have been known to bring back a bottle of gin from a trip to London—or any duty-free shop, for that matter.
—Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Duty-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duty-free. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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