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entrepôt definition

en·tre·pôt (än′trə pō′, än′trə pō′)

noun

  1. a place for the storage of goods; warehouse
  2. a distributing center for goods

Etymology: Fr < OFr entreposer, to place in (temporary) storage, orig., to interpose, infl. by dépot (see depot) < entre-, between (< L inter-, inter-) + poser, to put in place: see pose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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