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en⋅tre⋅pôt

  [ahn-truh-poh; Fr. ahn-truh-poh]
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–noun, plural -pôts  [-pohz; Fr. -poh] .
1. a warehouse.
2. a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.
Also, en⋅tre⋅pot.

Origin:
1715–25; < F, equiv. to entre inter- + pôt < L positum, n. use of neut. ptp. of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôt depot )
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en·tre·pôt   (ŏn'trə-pō')   
n.  

  1. A place where goods are stored or deposited and from which they are distributed.

  2. A trading or market center.


[French, from entreposer, to store : entre, in, among (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + poser, to place (from Old French; see pose1).]
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Word Origin & History

entrepôt 
"warehouse," 1828, from Fr., from L. interpositum "that which is placed between," neut. pp. of interponere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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