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noun, plural en·tre·pôts [ahn-truh-pohz; French ahn-truh–poh] /ˈɑn trəˌpoʊz; French ɑ̃ trəˈpoʊ/.
- a warehouse.
- a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging.
noun
- a warehouse for commercial goods
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- a trading centre or port at a geographically convenient location, at which goods are imported and re-exported without incurring liability for duty
- (as modifier)an entrepôt trade
“warehouse,” 1758, from French entrepôt (16c.), from Latin interpositum “that which is placed between,” neuter past participle of interponere (see interposition).