duty-free B1 Topic:Money & Finance Freq #49031 Meanings 1 adj Not requiring payment of import tax, especially when bought at an airport or border. She bought a bottle of duty-free perfume before her flight. 2 noun A shop, usually at an airport, that sells goods without import tax. We grabbed some chocolate from the duty-free before boarding. Etymology AI details From duty + -free. Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # duty-free **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **Frequency rank:** 49031 ## Meanings 1. Not requiring payment of import tax, especially when bought at an airport or border. 2. A shop, usually at an airport, that sells goods without import tax. ## Examples - She bought a bottle of duty-free perfume before her flight. - We grabbed some chocolate from the duty-free before boarding. ## Etymology From duty + -free. ## AI Etymology Duty-free is formed from duty + -free. In current use, the main senses are “Not requiring payment of import tax, especially when bought at an airport or border” and “A shop, usually at an airport, that sells goods without import tax”. ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown