entrepôt

or en·tre·pot

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

/ ˈɑn trəˌpoʊ; French ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ /

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noun, plural en·tre·pôts [ahn-truh-pohz; French ahn-truh-poh] /ˈɑn trəˌpoʊz; French ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ/.

a warehouse.

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

Words nearby entrepôt

entrelac, entremets, entrench, entrenchment, entrepreneur, entrepôt, entresol, entropion, entropion uveae, entropy, entrust

Origin of entrepôt

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)

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Examples from the Web for entrepot

Northern Illinois filled rapidly with a thrifty farming population, and the town of Chicago became an entrepot.
The Old Northwest|Frederic Austin Ogg
From the situation of the country, the city of New Orleans had been our channel and entrepot for everything, going and returning.
Complete Prose Works|Walt Whitman
The physical resources of this region are of such a nature and variety as to make Mackinaw city the entrepot of a vast commerce.
Old Mackinaw|W. P. Strickland.
That we have a right to some spot as an entrepot for our commerce, may be at once affirmed.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

Sacramento City had been laid out, lots were being rapidly sold, and the town was being built up as an entrepot to the mines.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman

British Dictionary definitions for entrepot

entrepôt

/ (French ɑ̃trəpo) /

noun

a warehouse for commercial goods

a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty
(as modifier)an entrepôt trade

Word Origin for entrepôt

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

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entrepôt

or en·tre·pot

noun, plural en·tre·pôts [ahn-truh-pohz; French ahn-truh-poh] /ˈɑn trəˌpoʊz; French ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ/.

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Words nearby entrepôt

Origin of entrepôt

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British Dictionary definitions for entrepot

noun

Word Origin for entrepôt