freeport.

1. A port or designated trading area where goods can be handled or stored under special customs rules, often without immediate import duties.

2. A storage facility or complex operating under special customs rules, often used for goods not yet imported into the surrounding jurisdiction.

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Words that belong together

• a designated freeport
• freeport facilities

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The designated freeport handled cargo the inland customs office would inspect later.

Freeport facilities occupied the reclaimed land beside the harbor.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular freeport; plural freeports. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.