entrepot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
    transshipment center.
    • Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC
  2. noun a depository for goods
    depot; storage; store; storehouse.
    • storehouses were built close to the docks

WordNet

En`tre*pôt" noun (Also<
  • Entrepot
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Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.

Webster 1913