entrepot

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I don't buy the argument about import taxes making it too expensive, this is what entrepots are for.

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of entrepot gathered in one view.

noun

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"

noun

a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for entrepot.

noun

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"

noun

a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"

See also: storehouse, depot, storage, store

Example sentences

I don't buy the argument about import taxes making it too expensive, this is what entrepots are for.

It also helps that Hong Kong was essentially founded as a drug smuggling entrepot, which generated truly obscene amounts of profit.

This reflects an old complaint about the City of London: it is a global entrepot with little interest in promoting productive investment in the UK." [1]And here is a very good primer on the important distinction between productive and unproductive credit.

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How do you use entrepot in a sentence?

I don't buy the argument about import taxes making it too expensive, this is what entrepots are for.

What does entrepot mean?

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"