trading post

noun

1. a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
2. post ²( def 5 ).

trading post

noun

1. a general store established by a trader in an unsettled or thinly populated region
2. stock exchange a booth or location on an exchange floor at which a particular security is traded

Word History and Origins

Origin of trading post¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Example Sentences

By then he had shaped surfboards, built catamarans, survived a kamikaze attack in the Navy, studied fine art and built a trading post on a coral atoll in the South Pacific.

From Washington Post

Behind the trading post is a smaller building where Ford films featuring John Wayne are shown each night.

From The Daily Beast

This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a certainty that they will be captured if they spend that money at any trading-post within our jurisdiction.

From Project Gutenberg

So it was decided that Roly and his father should go to the trading-post with Coffee Jack for guide.

From Project Gutenberg

At the village Ike joined them, and others came at intervals until the entire white population of the trading-post was present.

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The log they were going to use to batter down the door lay smouldering, abandoned in the yard of the trading post.

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