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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.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. entrenchment,
  2. entrepot,
  3. entrepreneur,
  4. entrepreneurial,
  5. entrepreneurship,
  6. entresol,
  7. entropic,
  8. entropion,
  9. entropion uveae,
  10. entropy

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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British Dictionary definitions for entrepot

entrepôt

noun

a warehouse for commercial goods
  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 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

entrepot

n.

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

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