entrepôt

or en·tre·pot

[ ahn-truh-poh; French ahn-truh-poh ]

noun

, plural en·tre·pôts [ahn, -tr, uh, -pohz, ah, n, -t, r, uh, -, poh].

1. a warehouse.
2. a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.

entrepôt

/ ɑ̃trəpo /

noun

1. a warehouse for commercial goods
2. 1. a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty
   2. ( as modifier )

      an entrepôt trade

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrepôt¹

1715–25; < French, equivalent to entre inter- + pôt < Latin positum, noun use of neuter past participle of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôt depot )

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrepôt¹

C18: French, from entreposer to put in, from entre- between, inter- + poser to place (see pose ¹); formed on the model of depot

Example Sentences

It is chiefly used as an entrepôt for all the merchandize, corn, wine, &c. which is sent down the Loire.

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It was about half an hour before sunset when we entered Buffalo, the City of the Lakes, the entrepôt for these inland oceans.

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The result is that Britain has become the entrepôt or distributing mart for the produce of the world.

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The right of entrepôt given by this article, is almost the same thing, as the making all their ports, free ports for us.

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Tali-fu, although growing, is only the official town, of which Hsiakwan is the commercial entrepôt.

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Related Words

• cache
• depot
• repository
• stockpile
• storehouse