free zone

noun

: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty

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Across the world, free zones compete to attract entrepreneurs, multinational companies and global investors through strategic locations, specialized business ecosystems and attractive tax regimes. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Vaccine hesitancy in faith communities in the Americas Two years ago the entire region of the Americas – North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean – was classified as a measles-free zone. — Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Palmer was previously convicted of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a weapons-free zone near an elementary school and tampering with government records. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 But oxygen was never the focus of their research, because deep, dark environments are usually assumed to be oxygen-free zones. — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for free zone

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free zone was in 1900

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