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entrepot

DEFINITIONS OF: entrepot

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n a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties

“Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC”
Synonyms:
transshipment center
Type of:
port
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

n a depository for goods

Synonyms:
depot, storage, store, storehouse
Types:
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dump
a place where supplies can be stored
garner, granary
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
magazine, powder magazine, powder store
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
crib
a bin or granary for storing grains
godown
(in India and Malaysia) a warehouse
Type of:
deposit, depositary, depository, repository
a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
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