duty-free
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3.3
- adjective
- /ˈdjuːti friː/
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libre de impuestos
- The duty-free items include electronics, cosmetics, and gourmet chocolates that travelers can purchase without custom fees.
- duty-free shop
- duty-free goods
- duty-free access
Yeah, it's certainly something to do with with what you get duty free there, smuggling anything you want.
- Yeah, it's certainly something to do with with what you get duty free there, smuggling anything you want.
Examples
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The Wedding Chapel is on the Fantasy Deck, catty-corner from the duty-free shop.
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You wanna go to the duty-free?
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Can he get me some duty free?
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Shall we pop this in your duty-free bag, sir?
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We're about to offer a wide range of duty-free items.
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Duty-free goods service will be closing shortly.
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Get me the nightie you bought me at the duty-free.
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How about some perfume from the duty-free, Muammar?
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Duty-free shops sell three-foot Toblerones.
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Canada allowed two bottles of wine duty-free, and purchases exceeding this amount incurred fees of approximately 100% of the purchase price.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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2.9
The government does not take money from something you buy or money you earn
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Etymology
Duty-free combines duty ('tax') and free ('without'), so it means items sold 'without tax'. Think of airport shops where you buy perfume or chocolate without the usual customs tax, which makes the meaning easy to remember.