free zone

noun

: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty

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When France capitulated to Germany on June 22, 1940, the country was divided into occupied and free zones, and the French national railways were put under German command. Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025 Startup costs in the UAE are reduced due to the availability of free zones, such as the DIFC and ADGM. Paresh Sagar, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 As noted in an MIT Sloan article, Dubai’s free zones underpin its economic progress, enabling both multinationals and smaller firms to thrive. Henri Al Helaly, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Mid-20th century, metafiction was all about producing a sort of free zone of uncertainty in the reader about whether they themselves might be caught within a story or the product of some author, or being manipulated by some storyteller at a higher ontological plane, a different plane of being. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free zone

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free zone was in 1900

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“Free zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20zone. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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