entrepôt

or en·tre·pot

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

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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.

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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Related Words for entrepot

cache, stockpile, depot, repository, storehouse, emporium, arcade, mall, repertory, boutique, larder, arsenal, stash, magazine, commissary, entrepot, argosy, ambry

Examples from the Web for entrepot

Historical Examples of entrepot

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
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
Bonding and entrepot facilities, on a scale commensurate with local needs, now satisfy trade requirements.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language"
Various
Northern Illinois filled rapidly with a thrifty farming population, and the town of Chicago became an entrepot.
The Old Northwest
Frederic Austin Ogg
New Orleans now is what the Havana once was—the entrepot of the Mexican trade, and the recipient of its mineral wealth.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)
Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for entrepot

entrepôt

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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Word Origin and History for entrepot

"warehouse," 1758, from French entrepôt (16c.), from Latin interpositum "that which is placed between," neuter past participle of interponere (see interposition).