entrepôt

or en·tre·pot

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

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

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

Origin of entrepôt

1
1715–25; <French, equivalent to entreinter- + pôt<Latin positum, noun use of neuter past participle of pōnere to put, place (modeled on dépôtdepot)

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British Dictionary definitions for entrepôt

entrepôt

/ (French ɑ̃trəpo) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of entrepôt

1
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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