trading post

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noun

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.

post²(def 5).

Words nearby trading post

tradespeople, tradeswoman, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post, trading stamp, tradition, traditional, traditional logic, traditional marriage

Origin of trading post

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

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Examples from the Web for trading post

Then they turned and chased a returning carriage back to their trading-post again.
A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He replied promptly: "No, friendly; going to establish a trading-post for the Comanches."
The Old Santa Fe Trail|Henry Inman
It was said he expected to get the President to pardon him and allow him to establish a trading-post for the Ogallallas.
Three Years on the Plains|Edmund B. Tuttle
A certain number of rugs are turned in to the trading-post for groceries, calico, and velvet.
I Married a Ranger|Dama Margaret Smith

So they bought land from the natives, and now there's a company, and a trading-post, and all that.
The Naturewoman|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for trading post

trading post

noun

a general store established by a trader in an unsettled or thinly populated region

stock exchange a booth or location on an exchange floor at which a particular security is traded

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trading post

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Origin of trading post

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British Dictionary definitions for trading post

noun