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entrepôt
[ ahn-truh-poh; French ahn-truh-poh ]
noun
- a warehouse.
- a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.
entrepôt
/ ɑ̃trəpo /
noun
- a warehouse for commercial goods
- a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty
- ( as modifier )
an entrepôt trade
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of entrepôt1
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Example Sentences
It is chiefly used as an entrepôt for all the merchandize, corn, wine, &c. which is sent down the Loire.
It was about half an hour before sunset when we entered Buffalo, the City of the Lakes, the entrepôt for these inland oceans.
The result is that Britain has become the entrepôt or distributing mart for the produce of the world.
The right of entrepôt given by this article, is almost the same thing, as the making all their ports, free ports for us.
Tali-fu, although growing, is only the official town, of which Hsiakwan is the commercial entrepôt.
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