Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entrepot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entrepot \En`tre*p[^o]t"\, n. [F.]
A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a
mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an
entrep[^o]t for shipping goods in transit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entrepot
n 1: a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported
without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an
entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the
second millenium BC" [syn: {transshipment center}]
2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: {storehouse}, {depot}, {storage}, {store}]
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