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Entrepot

noun

A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties. Synonym: transshipment center.

A depository for goods. Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse.

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... at Woosung waiting for the tide to change, we were frequently reminded that we could not be far from a great commercial entrepot of the world, by seeing five or six large ships, of one thousand tons each, rush past with the tide in as many hours, tea-laden and bound to Europe; but none of our company were prepared for what we saw as we first rounded the point where a good view of Shanghai ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

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Words linked to "Entrepot" : granary, garner, magazine, warehouse, treasure house, depositary, depository, store, transshipment center, railhead, repository, storage warehouse, port, powder store, deposit, dump, powder magazine