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Nov 30, 2009
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free' port'




1. a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties.
2. a port open under equal conditions to all traders.

Free•port



Pronunciation: (frē'pôrt", -pōrt"), [key]
—n.
1. a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York. 38,272.
2. a city in NW Illinois. 26,406.
3. a city in SE Texas. 13,444.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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