PX store

English Etymology From en PX store Post Exchange of the U.S. Military, due to the initially illegal import trade in the then-US military bases in the Philippines, particularly Pampanga's Clark Air Base and U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay 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 Freeport and Special Economic Zone Clark and Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone Subic Bay for more legalized imported goods in duty-free stores and supermarkets instead. Noun en Philippines a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items See also en PX goods