Noun: entrepot 'ón-tru,pow
- 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";
- transshipment center [US], transshipment centre [Brit, Cdn]
- A depository for goods
"entrepots were built close to the docks";
- storehouse, depot, storage, store
Derived forms: entrepots
Type of: deposit, depositary, depository, port, repository
Encyclopedia: Entrepot