A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties.
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Examples for "entrepot "
Examples for "entrepot "
1 Papeete is the entrepot of all the archipelagoes in these seas.
2 It is a great entrepot , a gigantic distributing point.
3 It was the resting-place for the Lombards and other Italians, the great entrepot for their merchandise.
4 That we have a right to some spot as an entrepot for our commerce, may be at once affirmed.
5 From its admirable commercial and military position, Aden early became the chief entrepot of the trade between Europe and Asia.
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Translations for transshipment center