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entrepot

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en`tre`pot´
n.1.A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.
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 entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.
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Noun1.entrepotentrepot - 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"
port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
2.entrepotentrepot - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
dump - a place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump"
garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
powder magazine, powder store, magazine - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
railhead - a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
treasure house - a storehouse for treasures
storage warehouse, warehouse - a storehouse for goods and merchandise
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entrepot
n entrepot [ˈontrəpəu]
a seaport through which exports and imports pass without incurring duty Singapore is an entrepot. doeanepakhuis مُسْتَوْدَع بَضائِع склад svobodný přístav frihavn der Umschlagplatz κέντρο διαμετακομιστικού εμπορίου puerto franco vabasadam انبار ترانزیت vapaasatama port franc נָמַל עִם אֶזוֹר מֶכֶס חוֹפשִׁי बंदरगाह जहां किसी शुल्क के बगैर आयात और निर्यात गुजरते हैं distribucijsko središte szabad kikötő pelabuhan bebas fríhöfn porto franco 貨物通過港 화물 집산지 neapmuitinamo eksporto, importo uostas tranzītosta (bez preču muitošanas) entrepot entrepot transitthavn, frilager port wolnocłowy entreposto port liber транзитный пункт slobodný prístav brezcarinsko pristanišče bescarinska luka transitohamn โรงเก็บสินค้า ara depo, antrepo (不納稅的)轉口貿易海港 морський порт для транзитних грузів تجارتی مال کی در آمد بر آمد ، فراہمی ، اور تقسیم کاری کا مرکز جو محصول سے بری ہوتا ہے trung tâm xuất nhập khẩu


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That Singapore would serve as a base for a variety of commercial activities (chapter VII), including smuggling of contraband, is no surprise, given the city-state's historical role as a trading entrepot at the heart of Southeast Asian commerce.
The roots of controversy over episcopal control of the province's flourishing entrepot were deep-seated and represented part of a wider on-going, adamantine struggle between rival Catholic traditions.
Alexandria was the focus of the Hellenic world, by far the largest city before the rise of Rome: the Greek-speaking world's greatest entrepot and its intellectual powerhouse.
 
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