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free alongside ship

adverb



free alongside ship

adjective

  1. (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel AbbreviationFASf.a.s Alsofree alongside vessel Compare free on board
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of free alongside ship1

First recorded in 1900–05

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