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UKEntrepot
/ˌɒntɹɪpˈɒt/
/ˌɑːntɹɪpˈɑːt/Entrepot
[NOUN]
2
a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
synonyms : transshipment center
Examples
1. And the entrepot trade, import-export trade, the tourism-- we are very dependent on China now.
2. Shanghai is at that point the entrepot of the Asian trade.
3. Singapore is wealthy, thanks to its position as an entrepot between east and west, and its reputation as a reliable place to do business.
4. Once it had been officially ceded to Britain, he and Matheson quickly set to work turning the bleak rock into the great colonial Entrepot of the east.
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