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NOUN (2)

1. a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties;
- Example: "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC"
[syn: entrepot, transshipment center]

2. a depository for goods;
- Example: "storehouses were built close to the docks"
[syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

entrepot \en`tre*pot"\, Entrepot \En`tre*p[^o]t"\, n. [F.] 1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep[^o]t for shipping goods in transit. Syn: transshipment center. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

entrepot n 1: a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC" [syn: entrepot, transshipment center] 2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

ENTREPOT. A warehouse; a magazine where goods are deposited, and which are again to be removed.