duty-free

1. 1.

   exempt from duty

   “duty-free liquor”

   Similarnontaxable

Questions about duty-free

What does duty-free mean?

duty-free means "exempt from duty".

How many syllables are in duty-free?

duty-free has 3 syllables and divides as du-ty--free under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is duty-free a common word?

duty-free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.