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

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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