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Meaning of entrepot in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɑntrəˌpoʊ/
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Noun
entrepot
Etymology
early 18th century: French, from entreposer‘to store’, from entre‘among’ + poser‘to place’
Definitions
1.
a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties
Examples
« Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millenium BC »
2.
a depository for goods
Examples
« storehouses were built close to the docks »