en|tre|pôt

en|tre|pôt
en|tre|pôt or en|tre|pot «AHN truh poh», noun.
1. a place where goods are stored; warehouse.
2. a place where goods are sent for distribution; commercial center: »

Antwerp…had now become the principal entrepôt…of Europe (John Lothrop Motley).

[< French entrepôt, patterned on dépôt depot]

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