freeport
/ˈfriː.pɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of free port.
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A city on Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.
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A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Example Sentences
- "Iris scanners, magnetic locks, and a security system known as Cerberus guard the freeport’s storerooms, whose contents are said to be insured for a hundred billion dollars, but the facility retains a blue-collar feel. […] A freeport offers few tax advantages and scarcely any security features that a standard bonded warehouse cannot provide. But Bouvier’s development in Singapore carried within it two ideas. The first is that freeports will become hubs in the sixty-billion-dollar international art market, destinations in themselves—places for scholars, restorers, insurers, art-finance specialists, consultants, and dealers."
- "Freeports, which can be airports and maritime ports, are a special kind of port where normal tax and customs regulations do not apply. [...] Businesses operating inside the designated areas in and around the port can manufacture goods using these imports and add value, before exporting again without ever facing full tariffs or procedures. Should the goods move out of the freeport into another part of the country, then they must go through the full import process - including paying any tariffs."
- "Portland also makes a good base from which to explore the rest of southern coastal Maine, from the shops of Kennebunkport to the sprawling L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport to the charming towns of Bath, Rockland and Camden further up Route 1."
Etymology
From free + port, see freeport. The village in Nova Scotia was likely named after the town in Maine.
Inflected Forms
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Synonyms
Lower Cove