free zone

noun

1. a free-port area.

free zone

noun

1. an area at a port where certain customs restrictions are not implemented See also free port

Word History and Origins

Origin of free zone¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

After reading about the Omni deal, he put together a scathing policy review detailing the long history of “tax free zones” at ASU.

From Time

Dalia, however, feels more strongly they would still keep it a men-free zone.

From The Daily Beast

But the biggest difference in the second-generation trip is that the new bus is a drug-free zone.

From The Daily Beast

Many people like to think of digital places like Twitter as a moral free zone.

From The Daily Beast

Just last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article titled Guantanamo Bay: A Medical Ethics–free Zone?

From The Daily Beast

Would you put a sign out that said ‘My home is a gun-free zone?’

From The Daily Beast

Conversely, export duties may be levied on goods coming from such country and brought into the free zone.

From Project Gutenberg

The German government have, as we have seen, maintained a free zone of this nature at Hamburg.

From Project Gutenberg

The battle of Næfels, in 1388, added to the width of the free zone.

From Project Gutenberg