'Entrepot' definitions:
Definition of 'entrepot'
From: WordNet
noun
A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC" [syn: entrepot, transshipment center]
noun
A depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store]
Definition of 'Entrepot'
From: GCIDE
- entrepot \en`tre*pot"\, Entrepot \En`tre*p[^o]t"\, n. [F.]
- 1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep[^o]t for shipping goods in transit.
- Syn: transshipment center. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'entrepot'
From: GCIDE
- entrepot \en`tre*pot"\, Entrepot \En`tre*p[^o]t"\, n. [F.]
- 1. A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep[^o]t for shipping goods in transit.
- Syn: transshipment center. [WordNet 1.5]