free zone

1. 1.

   an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties

   Synonymsfree port

   Broaderarea

Questions about free zone

What does free zone mean?

free zone means "an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties".

What is another word for free zone?

Close synonyms include free port. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is free zone a common word?

free zone 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.