free-trade law
121Free Alongside - FAS — A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a named port alongside a vessel designated by the buyer. Alongside means that the goods are within reach of a ship s lifting tackle. When used in trade terms, the word free means the seller… …
122Free Carrier - FCA — A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a named airport, terminal, or other place where the carrier operates. Costs for transportation and risk of loss transfer to the buyer after delivery to the carrier. When used in trade terms,… …
123Free On Board - FOB — A trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods on board a vessel designated by the buyer. The seller fulfills its obligations to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship s rail. When used in trade terms, the word free means the seller …
124TRADE AND COMMERCE — In the Bible The geopolitical location of Palestine, set as it is in the heart of the Fertile Crescent, made it a pivotal link in the commercial activities carried on by land and sea between, on the one hand, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula in… …
125Free rider problem — For the article about when a brokerage client purchases shares beyond his or her means, see free riding. In economics, collective bargaining, psychology, and political science, a free rider (or freeloader) is someone who consumes a resource… …
126trade — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 buying/selling of goods/services ADJECTIVE ▪ booming, brisk, burgeoning, expanding, flourishing, lively, roaring, thriving ▪ …
127Free agent — For other uses, see Free agent (disambiguation). In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise. The term came into wide use in after sports… …
128Free imperial city — In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt ) was a city formally ruled by the emperor only mdash; as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and so were governed by one of… …
