entrepot

Noun
Synonyms: transshipment centerstorehousedepotstoragestore

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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”Synonyms: transshipment center
  2. a depository for goods“storehouses were built close to the docks”Synonyms: storehousedepotstoragestore
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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