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Free port   /fri pɔrt/   Listen
Free port

noun
1.
An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties.  Synonym: free zone.
2.
A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels.





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"Free port" Quotes from Famous Books



... rest is in possession either of the Native Indians or the Portuguese. We were likewise told that the Island of Ende belongs to the Portuguese; that the principal settlement is at Larentucha, where there is a Fort and a good Harbour. We were told that the Concordia, on the Island Timor, is a free Port for Ships of any nation to touch at, where they would not only be supplied with refreshments, but Naval Stores also. Trading ships might probably meet with a good reception, but Kings' ships, I am perswaided, would be looked upon ...
— Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World • James Cook
... intended against him, and made loud complaints of the conduct of the marquis after his return to Chincha. Yet, by the intercession of Diego de Alvarado, Almagro set Ferdinand Pizarro at liberty, on condition that the marquis should provide him with a ship and a free port, by which he might send dispatches to Spain and receive answers, and that they should continue in peace until they received the final determination of the sovereign respecting the boundaries of their governments. Rodrigo Orgognez was exceedingly averse ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr


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