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entrepôt
or en·tre·pot
[ ahn-truh-poh; French ahn-truh-poh ]
noun
, plural en·tre·pôts [ahn, -tr, uh, -pohz, ah, n, -t, r, uh, -, poh].
- 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
C18: French, from entreposer to put in, from entre- between, inter- + poser to place (see pose 1); formed on the model of depot
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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.
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It was about half an hour before sunset when we entered Buffalo, the City of the Lakes, the entrepôt for these inland oceans.
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The result is that Britain has become the entrepôt or distributing mart for the produce of the world.
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The right of entrepôt given by this article, is almost the same thing, as the making all their ports, free ports for us.
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Tali-fu, although growing, is only the official town, of which Hsiakwan is the commercial entrepôt.
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