MEANING
A commercial center where goods are received and transferred for distribution or onward trade.
Use it for
Intermediary commerce; international exchange; cities shaped by transit tradeExplain a city's importance through what passes through it.
Words that belong together
- regional entrepôt
- major entrepôt
- entrepôt trade
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The port prospered as an entrepôt linking inland producers with overseas buyers.
Merchants spoke several languages in the entrepôt where shipments changed hands.
A new rail connection weakened the old entrepôt's control of regional trade.
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Word forms
- Base
- entrepôt
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Formal commercial-geographical term; often a port. This selected sense describes an intermediary trade role, not every place with warehouses. A warehouse is another dictionary sense. Plural: entrepôts. Unaccented spelling: entrepot; plural entrepots.
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