单词 | custom-free |
释义 | > as lemmascustom-free custom-free adv. and adj. (a) adv. [compare Anglo-Norman custume franc (a1436 or earlier)] without payment of customs duty; (b) adj. (of goods) exempt from payment of customs duty; (of an area) that does not impose customs duties on imported or traded goods; cf. customs-free adj. at Compounds 1d(b).In quot. a1680 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adverb] > not liable to duty custom-freec1450 duty-free1689 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > liable to duty > not custom-freec1450 unrated1703 unexcised1736 c1450 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 152 (MED) All men that wold aventure eny corne or vetayll to Burdeux or Bayon..on oure party schuld goo costom ffree. 1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 167 That it salbe lefull to thame to sel..to alienaris or strangearis..custume fre. 1581 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1840) II. 240/2 That the raw..silkis to be brocht hame be him salbe custome frie. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 80 To take up a Degree, With all the Learning to it, Custom-free. 1754 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 32/2 Growth and Manufacture, Custom free. 1811 Risdon's Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) App. 17 Towns..free from Tax and Toll, such as we..call Custom-free. 1915 Yale Law Jrnl. 24 232 Napoleon III issued a proclamation carefully delimiting the custom-free area. 1973 Sc. Hist. Rev. 52 12 He could..sell salmon, grain and other produce for export custom-free. 2015 Times of Oman (Nexis) 27 May There are various incentives to attract local and foreign investors, including custom-free goods. < as lemmas |
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