3 example sentences using entrepot.
Entrepot used in a sentence
Entrepot in a sentence as a noun
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.
Entrepot definitions
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"
a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
See also: storehouse depot storage store