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PX goods

PX goods noun: an import-restricted imported grocery item.

Noun

PX goods (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) An import-restricted imported grocery item.

Origin of PX goods

From PX (“Post Exchange of the U.S. Military”) + goods, due to the initially illegal import trade in the then-US military bases in the Philippines, particularly Pampanga's Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base in Subic Bay. Its illicit trade died out when trade was liberalized around the 1990s, opening the door for legal freeport zones in Clark and Subic Bay for more legalized imported goods in duty-free stores and supermarkets instead.

Questions about PX goods

What does PX goods mean?
PX goods means an import-restricted imported grocery item.
What part of speech is PX goods?
PX goods is a noun.

Words near PX goods in the dictionary

  1. PWT
  2. PWUD
  3. PWYC
  4. PWYW
  5. px
  6. PX goods
  7. PX store
  8. PXE
  9. PXEer
  10. PXEers
  11. PXes

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