entrepot
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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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entrepôt
(French ɑ̃trəpo)n
1. (Commerce) a warehouse for commercial goods
2. (Commerce)
a. a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty
b. (as modifier): an entrepôt trade.
[C18: French, from entreposer to put in, from entre- between, inter- + poser to place (see pose1); formed on the model of depot]
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en•tre•pôt
or en•tre•pot
(ˈɑn trəˌpoʊ, ɑ̃ˈ-)n.
1. a warehouse.
2. a center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.
[1715–25; < French, =entre inter- + pôt < Latin positum, n. use of neuter past participle of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôt depot)]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country |
2. | ![]() depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping dump - a place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump" powder magazine, powder store, magazine - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution treasure house - a storehouse for treasures storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise |
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entrepôt
[ˈɒntrəpəʊ] N (= town) → centro m comercial, centro m de distribución; (= warehouse) → almacén m, depósito mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
entrepot
(ˈontrəpəu) noun a seaport through which exports and imports pass without incurring duty. Singapore is an entrepot.puerto franco
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