free portn.

Brit.

/ˌfriː ˈpɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌfri ˈpɔrt/

Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and port n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adj., port n.¹

Etymology: < free adj. + port n.¹

A port which is open to all traders, or which enjoys exemption from particular customs duties, regulations, etc. Formerly also: (occasionally) †the fact of enjoying such immunity (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > types of

member1485

free port1530

member-porta1623

port of entry1714

lake-port1837

treaty-port1863

passport port1898

1530 in T. A. Beck Annales Furnesienses (1844) 312 The said Abbot doythe take opon hym to have a free port in Furnace and ther by desayveth the Kynges grace of hys custome and takythe pryse wyne and ankerege.

1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 42/1 It salbe lesum to na strangear..To lois or laið bot at fre portis alanerly vnder þe pane of confiscatioun.

1609 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 284 Nane [of the herring barrells] to be..sauld nor dantit quhill thai cum to the said fre portis.

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce xxxi. 100 Their principall parts for traffique in the mediterranean Sea is Alexandria,..accounted a free port for friend or enemie.

1696 J. Harris City Bride Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Your past Favours have swell'd my Sails, whil'st I am carried by a fair Levant to an open free Port, and a Hospitable Shoar.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 7 Nothing is so advantageous to it [sc. trade] as a Free Port.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Port Free Port,..a Port open and free for Merchants of all Nations to load and unload their Vessels in, without paying any Duties or Customs... Marseilles was declared a Free Port by an Edict of Louis XIV. bearing Date 5th March, 1669. Free Port is also used for a total Exemption, and Franchise, which any Sett of Merchants enjoy, for Goods imported into a State, or those of the Growth of the Country, exported.

1799 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies ii. v. 81 The most forcible argument urged on the subject, was, that the free ports would thus become a market for the African slaves.

1811 Times 14 Sept. 2/3 By order of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, the port of Dantzic is a free port, and completely open to all commerce whatever, except with England.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xvii. 400 It became a free port, and throve through its freedom.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 4/1 The great advantage a Free-Port system has over ‘Protection’.

1981 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. iv. 21/1 Hong Kong is more important to China than vice-versa—a fact that the free port relies on as it counts down to 1997.

1991 Washington Post 30 Jan. a20/3 Why not have the..secretary general propose that a U.N. freeport be established at the head of the Gulf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	free port
释义	free portn. Brit. /ˌfriː ˈpɔːt/, U.S. /ˌfri ˈpɔrt/ Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and port n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: free adj., port n.¹ Etymology: < free adj. + port n.¹ A port which is open to all traders, or which enjoys exemption from particular customs duties, regulations, etc. Formerly also: (occasionally) †the fact of enjoying such immunity (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > types of member1485 free port1530 member-porta1623 port of entry1714 lake-port1837 treaty-port1863 passport port1898 1530 in T. A. Beck Annales Furnesienses (1844) 312 The said Abbot doythe take opon hym to have a free port in Furnace and ther by desayveth the Kynges grace of hys custome and takythe pryse wyne and ankerege. 1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 42/1 It salbe lesum to na strangear..To lois or laið bot at fre portis alanerly vnder þe pane of confiscatioun. 1609 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 284 Nane [of the herring barrells] to be..sauld nor dantit quhill thai cum to the said fre portis. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce xxxi. 100 Their principall parts for traffique in the mediterranean Sea is Alexandria,..accounted a free port for friend or enemie. 1696 J. Harris City Bride Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Your past Favours have swell'd my Sails, whil'st I am carried by a fair Levant to an open free Port, and a Hospitable Shoar. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 7 Nothing is so advantageous to it [sc. trade] as a Free Port. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Port Free Port,..a Port open and free for Merchants of all Nations to load and unload their Vessels in, without paying any Duties or Customs... Marseilles was declared a Free Port by an Edict of Louis XIV. bearing Date 5th March, 1669. Free Port is also used for a total Exemption, and Franchise, which any Sett of Merchants enjoy, for Goods imported into a State, or those of the Growth of the Country, exported. 1799 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies ii. v. 81 The most forcible argument urged on the subject, was, that the free ports would thus become a market for the African slaves. 1811 Times 14 Sept. 2/3 By order of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, the port of Dantzic is a free port, and completely open to all commerce whatever, except with England. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xvii. 400 It became a free port, and throve through its freedom. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 4/1 The great advantage a Free-Port system has over ‘Protection’. 1981 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. iv. 21/1 Hong Kong is more important to China than vice-versa—a fact that the free port relies on as it counts down to 1997. 1991 Washington Post 30 Jan. a20/3 Why not have the..secretary general propose that a U.N. freeport be established at the head of the Gulf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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