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).

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Origin of trading post

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby trading post

trade wind, trade winds, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post, trading stamp, tradition, traditional, traditionalism, traditionalize

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How to use trading post in a sentence

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.
Bruce Meyers, creator of the first fiberglass dune buggy, dies at 94|Harrison Smith|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
Behind the trading post is a smaller building where Ford films featuring John Wayne are shown each night.
Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan|Malcolm Jones|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
It's a certainty that they will be captured if they spend that money at any trading-post within our jurisdiction.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

So it was decided that Roly and his father should go to the trading-post with Coffee Jack for guide.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
At the village Ike joined them, and others came at intervals until the entire white population of the trading-post was present.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
The log they were going to use to batter down the door lay smouldering, abandoned in the yard of the trading post.
Shaman|Robert Shea

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

Origin of trading post

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British Dictionary definitions for trading post