Definition of duty-free in English:

duty-free

adverb & adjective ˌdjuːtɪˈfriː

1Exempt from payment of duty.
as adjective the permitted number of duty-free goods
as adverb most EC goods enter almost duty-free
Example sentencesExamples
- But I doubt they have luggage tags still attached and duty-free goods sitting next to them.
- The only items banned from the tax- and duty-free crossing are firearms, tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicles, plants, animals and illegal substances.
- It was announced then that duty-free shops were allegedly part of smuggling channels, and as duty-free shops do not exist at land borders of EU countries, Bulgaria should also close its duty-free operations.
- After a series of embarrassing courtroom defeats, the Government has announced that Customs will now allow smokers to bring back up to 3,200 duty-free cigarettes per trip.
- The rush to central Europe: eight new European Union countries offer lower wages, cheaper land and duty-free domestic production to the world's OEMs
- The airline began outsourcing these services when it retrenched most of the employees in the maintenance, ramp and duty-free operations during a restructuring exercise in January 2003.
- This assessment, however, was disputed in the airline's board approved strategic plan, which valued the duty-free operations at less than US $3 million.
- Some experts from the Union of Democratic Forces also said they would support duty-free business in discussions in the parliamentary budget committee.
- After she promised to buy me a carton of cigarettes duty-free next time she goes to Aussie I forgave her.
- Export incentives are an old tradition and a key part of any programme to develop an export-oriented industry sector, a regime that allows manufacturers duty-free access to imported raw materials and equipment.
- One word of advice to drivers hoping to fill the boot with bubbly - the duty-free limit for importing champagne into the UK is a measly 90 litres.
- Those countries already enjoy duty-free access for many of their products, and the CAFTA will actually expand our opportunities to sell our goods and services into those markets.
- In April, the government set out the conditions for foreign and local automobile manufacturers interested in importing key car components duty-free.
- Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the company will enjoy duty-free entry status into the United States, supplying them with fuel ethanol up to seven per cent of their requirements.
- Both boast the world's finest china, crystal, jewellery, linens, watches, fragrances, and designer clothing, all at duty-free prices, plus local crafts and souvenirs.
- Between 30 million and 40 million leva of the monthly turnover of the duty-free shops will be blocked to secure the size of the due excise duty, the duty-free traders association said.
- And, he says, loopholes allow for the use of fabrics from other countries like China and Mexico to be sewn into clothing and sold duty-free right back into the U.S.
- If you aren't interested in doubling your duty-free allowance, as the first cruise winds to a close, ask the purser about your boarding pass for the second cruise, and how to circumvent Customs if you want to go ashore.
- They suspected the tanker-loads of red diesel - duty-free fuel supplied for industrial use only - were being treated to remove the colour and sold on the black market as genuine diesel.
- All money which goes to the state budget from duty-free trade will now go to the neighbouring countries.
1. 1.1as adjective (of a shop or area) selling or trading in goods that are exempt from payment of duty.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The company will continue to sell some film cameras in duty-free shops at airports, it said.
  Pier B caters for US-bound passengers and the duty-free shop will reflect this market with a wider range of merchandise, including alcohol sales.
  There are a couple of bars on board, as well as duty-free shops and a small play area for children.
  Tobacco products for sale in duty-free shops will be sold only with a ‘for duty free only’ stamp rather than with special paper bands.
  Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports.
  The cigarettes will be sold at duty-free shops, hotels, airports, tourist spots and World Cup venues only during the May 31 - June 30 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan.
  A duty-free shop, a convention hall, a hotel, a long-stay housing estate and a variety of other tourist and entertainment businesses would all be housed in the complex.
  Floating between check-in counters, passport controls, security checks and duty-free shops, we are freed from the responsibility of knowing how we are travelling.
  As a result, hotels, duty-free shops and travel agencies have been much less busy than anticipated.
  There are duty-free grocery shops at Clark that sell mostly American-made products.
  Liquor and cigarettes will be sold by duty-free shops only if purchasers show their travel passports.
  There used to be a duty-free shop in this vicinity, if I am not mistaken.
  In the foreground, the concourse is lined with banks, money exchanges, holding areas, and duty-free shops.
  There were also children ogling some cute trinket they wanted in a duty-free shop along with women on colorful high heels chasing the children and keeping them under control.
  Clearing false alarms from, say, smoked salmon from the duty-free shop, may mean significant delays.
  Major retailers jump at the opportunity to set up shop in the ultimate duty-free zone.
  Wine is rarely a good buy in so-called duty-free shops, however, as profit margins are rarely low enough to warrant the weight and breakability of wine bottles.
  Six small airlines in China are planning to open duty-free shops on domestic flights as an added attraction to customers in the current cutthroat aviation market.
  Officials, keen to test the effectiveness of the new procedures, were aghast when they managed to smuggle dangerous items through the security checks and into the duty-free area.
  In the airport, I couldn't resist the bargain price of cigarettes in the duty-free shop.

noun ˌdjuːtɪˈfriː

mass nounalso duty-frees

Goods that are exempt from payment of duty.
a bag of duty-free
Example sentencesExamples
- My partner of five years' standing is spending at least one week in three overseas, as his new job takes him all round the world; our drinks cabinet is bulging from all the duty-frees.

Definition of duty-free in US English:

duty-free

adjective & adverbˈˌd(y)o͞odē ˈˌfrēˈˌd(j)udi ˈˌfri

1Exempt from payment of duty.
as adjective the permitted number of duty-free goods
as adverb most EC goods enter almost duty-free
Example sentencesExamples
- It was announced then that duty-free shops were allegedly part of smuggling channels, and as duty-free shops do not exist at land borders of EU countries, Bulgaria should also close its duty-free operations.
- The airline began outsourcing these services when it retrenched most of the employees in the maintenance, ramp and duty-free operations during a restructuring exercise in January 2003.
- All money which goes to the state budget from duty-free trade will now go to the neighbouring countries.
- Some experts from the Union of Democratic Forces also said they would support duty-free business in discussions in the parliamentary budget committee.
- In April, the government set out the conditions for foreign and local automobile manufacturers interested in importing key car components duty-free.
- The rush to central Europe: eight new European Union countries offer lower wages, cheaper land and duty-free domestic production to the world's OEMs
- And, he says, loopholes allow for the use of fabrics from other countries like China and Mexico to be sewn into clothing and sold duty-free right back into the U.S.
- Export incentives are an old tradition and a key part of any programme to develop an export-oriented industry sector, a regime that allows manufacturers duty-free access to imported raw materials and equipment.
- Both boast the world's finest china, crystal, jewellery, linens, watches, fragrances, and designer clothing, all at duty-free prices, plus local crafts and souvenirs.
- Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the company will enjoy duty-free entry status into the United States, supplying them with fuel ethanol up to seven per cent of their requirements.
- This assessment, however, was disputed in the airline's board approved strategic plan, which valued the duty-free operations at less than US $3 million.
- But I doubt they have luggage tags still attached and duty-free goods sitting next to them.
- After she promised to buy me a carton of cigarettes duty-free next time she goes to Aussie I forgave her.
- The only items banned from the tax- and duty-free crossing are firearms, tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicles, plants, animals and illegal substances.
- They suspected the tanker-loads of red diesel - duty-free fuel supplied for industrial use only - were being treated to remove the colour and sold on the black market as genuine diesel.
- After a series of embarrassing courtroom defeats, the Government has announced that Customs will now allow smokers to bring back up to 3,200 duty-free cigarettes per trip.
- One word of advice to drivers hoping to fill the boot with bubbly - the duty-free limit for importing champagne into the UK is a measly 90 litres.
- Those countries already enjoy duty-free access for many of their products, and the CAFTA will actually expand our opportunities to sell our goods and services into those markets.
- Between 30 million and 40 million leva of the monthly turnover of the duty-free shops will be blocked to secure the size of the due excise duty, the duty-free traders association said.
- If you aren't interested in doubling your duty-free allowance, as the first cruise winds to a close, ask the purser about your boarding pass for the second cruise, and how to circumvent Customs if you want to go ashore.
1. 1.1as adjective (of a shop or area) selling or trading in goods that are exempt from payment of duty.
  Example sentencesExamples
  There used to be a duty-free shop in this vicinity, if I am not mistaken.
  Clearing false alarms from, say, smoked salmon from the duty-free shop, may mean significant delays.
  In the foreground, the concourse is lined with banks, money exchanges, holding areas, and duty-free shops.
  Officials, keen to test the effectiveness of the new procedures, were aghast when they managed to smuggle dangerous items through the security checks and into the duty-free area.
  Six small airlines in China are planning to open duty-free shops on domestic flights as an added attraction to customers in the current cutthroat aviation market.
  In the airport, I couldn't resist the bargain price of cigarettes in the duty-free shop.
  Floating between check-in counters, passport controls, security checks and duty-free shops, we are freed from the responsibility of knowing how we are travelling.
  The cigarettes will be sold at duty-free shops, hotels, airports, tourist spots and World Cup venues only during the May 31 - June 30 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan.
  As a result, hotels, duty-free shops and travel agencies have been much less busy than anticipated.
  A duty-free shop, a convention hall, a hotel, a long-stay housing estate and a variety of other tourist and entertainment businesses would all be housed in the complex.
  Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports.
  Tobacco products for sale in duty-free shops will be sold only with a ‘for duty free only’ stamp rather than with special paper bands.
  Major retailers jump at the opportunity to set up shop in the ultimate duty-free zone.
  Pier B caters for US-bound passengers and the duty-free shop will reflect this market with a wider range of merchandise, including alcohol sales.
  Wine is rarely a good buy in so-called duty-free shops, however, as profit margins are rarely low enough to warrant the weight and breakability of wine bottles.
  There are a couple of bars on board, as well as duty-free shops and a small play area for children.
  There are duty-free grocery shops at Clark that sell mostly American-made products.
  There were also children ogling some cute trinket they wanted in a duty-free shop along with women on colorful high heels chasing the children and keeping them under control.
  The company will continue to sell some film cameras in duty-free shops at airports, it said.
  Liquor and cigarettes will be sold by duty-free shops only if purchasers show their travel passports.

单词	duty-free
释义	Definition of duty-free in English: duty-free adverb & adjective ˌdjuːtɪˈfriː 1Exempt from payment of duty. as adjective the permitted number of duty-free goods as adverb most EC goods enter almost duty-free Example sentencesExamples But I doubt they have luggage tags still attached and duty-free goods sitting next to them. The only items banned from the tax- and duty-free crossing are firearms, tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicles, plants, animals and illegal substances. It was announced then that duty-free shops were allegedly part of smuggling channels, and as duty-free shops do not exist at land borders of EU countries, Bulgaria should also close its duty-free operations. After a series of embarrassing courtroom defeats, the Government has announced that Customs will now allow smokers to bring back up to 3,200 duty-free cigarettes per trip. The rush to central Europe: eight new European Union countries offer lower wages, cheaper land and duty-free domestic production to the world's OEMs The airline began outsourcing these services when it retrenched most of the employees in the maintenance, ramp and duty-free operations during a restructuring exercise in January 2003. This assessment, however, was disputed in the airline's board approved strategic plan, which valued the duty-free operations at less than US $3 million. Some experts from the Union of Democratic Forces also said they would support duty-free business in discussions in the parliamentary budget committee. After she promised to buy me a carton of cigarettes duty-free next time she goes to Aussie I forgave her. Export incentives are an old tradition and a key part of any programme to develop an export-oriented industry sector, a regime that allows manufacturers duty-free access to imported raw materials and equipment. One word of advice to drivers hoping to fill the boot with bubbly - the duty-free limit for importing champagne into the UK is a measly 90 litres. Those countries already enjoy duty-free access for many of their products, and the CAFTA will actually expand our opportunities to sell our goods and services into those markets. In April, the government set out the conditions for foreign and local automobile manufacturers interested in importing key car components duty-free. Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the company will enjoy duty-free entry status into the United States, supplying them with fuel ethanol up to seven per cent of their requirements. Both boast the world's finest china, crystal, jewellery, linens, watches, fragrances, and designer clothing, all at duty-free prices, plus local crafts and souvenirs. Between 30 million and 40 million leva of the monthly turnover of the duty-free shops will be blocked to secure the size of the due excise duty, the duty-free traders association said. And, he says, loopholes allow for the use of fabrics from other countries like China and Mexico to be sewn into clothing and sold duty-free right back into the U.S. If you aren't interested in doubling your duty-free allowance, as the first cruise winds to a close, ask the purser about your boarding pass for the second cruise, and how to circumvent Customs if you want to go ashore. They suspected the tanker-loads of red diesel - duty-free fuel supplied for industrial use only - were being treated to remove the colour and sold on the black market as genuine diesel. All money which goes to the state budget from duty-free trade will now go to the neighbouring countries. 1.1as adjective (of a shop or area) selling or trading in goods that are exempt from payment of duty. Example sentencesExamples The company will continue to sell some film cameras in duty-free shops at airports, it said. Pier B caters for US-bound passengers and the duty-free shop will reflect this market with a wider range of merchandise, including alcohol sales. There are a couple of bars on board, as well as duty-free shops and a small play area for children. Tobacco products for sale in duty-free shops will be sold only with a ‘for duty free only’ stamp rather than with special paper bands. Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports. The cigarettes will be sold at duty-free shops, hotels, airports, tourist spots and World Cup venues only during the May 31 - June 30 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan. A duty-free shop, a convention hall, a hotel, a long-stay housing estate and a variety of other tourist and entertainment businesses would all be housed in the complex. Floating between check-in counters, passport controls, security checks and duty-free shops, we are freed from the responsibility of knowing how we are travelling. As a result, hotels, duty-free shops and travel agencies have been much less busy than anticipated. There are duty-free grocery shops at Clark that sell mostly American-made products. Liquor and cigarettes will be sold by duty-free shops only if purchasers show their travel passports. There used to be a duty-free shop in this vicinity, if I am not mistaken. In the foreground, the concourse is lined with banks, money exchanges, holding areas, and duty-free shops. There were also children ogling some cute trinket they wanted in a duty-free shop along with women on colorful high heels chasing the children and keeping them under control. Clearing false alarms from, say, smoked salmon from the duty-free shop, may mean significant delays. Major retailers jump at the opportunity to set up shop in the ultimate duty-free zone. Wine is rarely a good buy in so-called duty-free shops, however, as profit margins are rarely low enough to warrant the weight and breakability of wine bottles. Six small airlines in China are planning to open duty-free shops on domestic flights as an added attraction to customers in the current cutthroat aviation market. Officials, keen to test the effectiveness of the new procedures, were aghast when they managed to smuggle dangerous items through the security checks and into the duty-free area. In the airport, I couldn't resist the bargain price of cigarettes in the duty-free shop. noun ˌdjuːtɪˈfriː mass nounalso duty-frees Goods that are exempt from payment of duty. a bag of duty-free Example sentencesExamples My partner of five years' standing is spending at least one week in three overseas, as his new job takes him all round the world; our drinks cabinet is bulging from all the duty-frees. Definition of duty-free in US English: duty-free adjective & adverbˈˌd(y)o͞odē ˈˌfrēˈˌd(j)udi ˈˌfri 1Exempt from payment of duty. as adjective the permitted number of duty-free goods as adverb most EC goods enter almost duty-free Example sentencesExamples It was announced then that duty-free shops were allegedly part of smuggling channels, and as duty-free shops do not exist at land borders of EU countries, Bulgaria should also close its duty-free operations. The airline began outsourcing these services when it retrenched most of the employees in the maintenance, ramp and duty-free operations during a restructuring exercise in January 2003. All money which goes to the state budget from duty-free trade will now go to the neighbouring countries. Some experts from the Union of Democratic Forces also said they would support duty-free business in discussions in the parliamentary budget committee. In April, the government set out the conditions for foreign and local automobile manufacturers interested in importing key car components duty-free. The rush to central Europe: eight new European Union countries offer lower wages, cheaper land and duty-free domestic production to the world's OEMs And, he says, loopholes allow for the use of fabrics from other countries like China and Mexico to be sewn into clothing and sold duty-free right back into the U.S. Export incentives are an old tradition and a key part of any programme to develop an export-oriented industry sector, a regime that allows manufacturers duty-free access to imported raw materials and equipment. Both boast the world's finest china, crystal, jewellery, linens, watches, fragrances, and designer clothing, all at duty-free prices, plus local crafts and souvenirs. Under the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the company will enjoy duty-free entry status into the United States, supplying them with fuel ethanol up to seven per cent of their requirements. This assessment, however, was disputed in the airline's board approved strategic plan, which valued the duty-free operations at less than US $3 million. But I doubt they have luggage tags still attached and duty-free goods sitting next to them. After she promised to buy me a carton of cigarettes duty-free next time she goes to Aussie I forgave her. The only items banned from the tax- and duty-free crossing are firearms, tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicles, plants, animals and illegal substances. They suspected the tanker-loads of red diesel - duty-free fuel supplied for industrial use only - were being treated to remove the colour and sold on the black market as genuine diesel. After a series of embarrassing courtroom defeats, the Government has announced that Customs will now allow smokers to bring back up to 3,200 duty-free cigarettes per trip. One word of advice to drivers hoping to fill the boot with bubbly - the duty-free limit for importing champagne into the UK is a measly 90 litres. Those countries already enjoy duty-free access for many of their products, and the CAFTA will actually expand our opportunities to sell our goods and services into those markets. Between 30 million and 40 million leva of the monthly turnover of the duty-free shops will be blocked to secure the size of the due excise duty, the duty-free traders association said. If you aren't interested in doubling your duty-free allowance, as the first cruise winds to a close, ask the purser about your boarding pass for the second cruise, and how to circumvent Customs if you want to go ashore. 1.1as adjective (of a shop or area) selling or trading in goods that are exempt from payment of duty. Example sentencesExamples There used to be a duty-free shop in this vicinity, if I am not mistaken. Clearing false alarms from, say, smoked salmon from the duty-free shop, may mean significant delays. In the foreground, the concourse is lined with banks, money exchanges, holding areas, and duty-free shops. Officials, keen to test the effectiveness of the new procedures, were aghast when they managed to smuggle dangerous items through the security checks and into the duty-free area. Six small airlines in China are planning to open duty-free shops on domestic flights as an added attraction to customers in the current cutthroat aviation market. In the airport, I couldn't resist the bargain price of cigarettes in the duty-free shop. Floating between check-in counters, passport controls, security checks and duty-free shops, we are freed from the responsibility of knowing how we are travelling. The cigarettes will be sold at duty-free shops, hotels, airports, tourist spots and World Cup venues only during the May 31 - June 30 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan. As a result, hotels, duty-free shops and travel agencies have been much less busy than anticipated. A duty-free shop, a convention hall, a hotel, a long-stay housing estate and a variety of other tourist and entertainment businesses would all be housed in the complex. Unlike the neighboring U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John - Tortola and Virgin Gorda are not duty-free ports. Tobacco products for sale in duty-free shops will be sold only with a ‘for duty free only’ stamp rather than with special paper bands. Major retailers jump at the opportunity to set up shop in the ultimate duty-free zone. Pier B caters for US-bound passengers and the duty-free shop will reflect this market with a wider range of merchandise, including alcohol sales. Wine is rarely a good buy in so-called duty-free shops, however, as profit margins are rarely low enough to warrant the weight and breakability of wine bottles. There are a couple of bars on board, as well as duty-free shops and a small play area for children. There are duty-free grocery shops at Clark that sell mostly American-made products. There were also children ogling some cute trinket they wanted in a duty-free shop along with women on colorful high heels chasing the children and keeping them under control. The company will continue to sell some film cameras in duty-free shops at airports, it said. Liquor and cigarettes will be sold by duty-free shops only if purchasers show their travel passports.
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