Entrepot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entrepot
       n 1: a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported
            without paying import duties; "Bahrain has been an
            entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the
            second millenium BC" [syn: {transshipment center}]
       2: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
          docks" [syn: {storehouse}, {depot}, {storage}, {store}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ENTREPOT. A warehouse; a magazine where goods are deposited, and which are 
  again to be removed.