ENTREPOT

storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store

(noun) a depository for goods; “storehouses were built close to the docks”

entrepot, transshipment center

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

entrepot (plural entrepots)

Alternative spelling of entrepĂ´t

Source: Wiktionary


En`tre*pĂ´t", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepĂ´t for shipping goods in transit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DESIRABLE

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