n.

1. A place where goods are stored or deposited and from which they are distributed.
2. A trading or market center.

[French, from entreposer, to store : entre, in, among (from Latin inter-; see inter–) + poser, to place (from Old French; see pose¹).]

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A seaport or warehouse where goods are stored until they are shipped. The goods do not face any import or export duties upon shipment from the port or warehouse.

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The use of entrepôts dates back to the original long distance sea trade routes. The benefit of the entrepôt in the past was that it removed the need for ships to travel the whole distance of the shipping route. The ships would sell their goods to the entrepôt and the entrepôt would in turn sell them to another ship, removing the large risks associated with long distance travel in the past. For example, if a ship was carrying spices from China is could sell the spices to an entrepôt in India and the entrepôt could sell the spices to a ship heading to England.

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n. a port, city, or other center to which goods are brought for import or export or for collection or distribution.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Also known as a free port, this is a point of transhipment between nations where goods are held without incurring customs duties. Examples include Singapore and Rotterdam.

[MC]

A trading town or city, often a port, strategically situated for the redistribution of goods from a variety of sources.

[F.]  /A(n) tre po/  an intermediary center of trade and transshipment

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - transitlager, oplagringsplads, transithavn

Nederlands (Dutch)
entrepot, (tijdelijke) opslagplaats

Français (French)
n. - entrepôt

Deutsch (German)
n. - Speicher, Umschlagplatz

Italiano (Italian)
magazzino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - entreposto (m)

Español (Spanish)
n. - centro comercial de importación y distribución, depósito, almacén

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lagerutrymme

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مركز تجاري‏

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