Entrepot — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties

a depository for goods

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɑːntɹɪpˈɑːt/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɒntɹɪpˈɒt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɒntɹɪpˈɒt/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌɑːntɹɪpˈɑːt/.

Examples

Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC
storehouses were built close to the docks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

storage store depot transshipment center storehouse

Parts of Speech

noun	a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties “Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC”
noun	a depository for goods “storehouses were built close to the docks”

Word Forms

store

verb

find a place for and put away for storage

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

entrepôt

un port où les marchandises peuvent être importées puis exportées sans payer de droits d'importation

🇪🇸Spanish

almacén

Un puerto donde se pueden importar mercancías y luego exportarlas sin pagar derechos de importación.

🇵🇹Portuguese

entreposto

um porto onde as mercadorias podem ser importadas e depois exportadas sem pagar direitos de importação

🇷🇺Russian

перевалочный пункт

порт, куда товары можно импортировать, а затем экспортировать без уплаты импортных пошлин.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पुनर्निर्यात

एक बंदरगाह जहां माल आयात किया जा सकता है और फिर आयात शुल्क का भुगतान किए बिना निर्यात किया जा सकता है

🇮🇳Marathi

उद्योजक

एक बंदर जेथे आयात शुल्क न भरता व्यापारी माल आयात केला जाऊ शकतो आणि नंतर निर्यात केला जाऊ शकतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

સાહસિક

એક બંદર જ્યાં માલની આયાત કરી શકાય છે અને પછી આયાત શુલ્ક ચૂકવ્યા વિના નિકાસ કરી શકાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಎಂಟ್ರೆಪಾಟ್

ಆಮದು ಸುಂಕವನ್ನು ಪಾವತಿಸದೆ ಸರಕುಗಳನ್ನು ಆಮದು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು ಮತ್ತು ನಂತರ ರಫ್ತು ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾದ ಬಂದರು

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

转口港

商品可以进口然后出口而无需缴纳进口关税的港口

🇯🇵Japanese

アントレポット

輸入関税を支払うことなく商品を輸入し、その後輸出できる港

🇰🇷Korean

중개소

수입관세를 내지 않고 물품을 수입하고 수출할 수 있는 항구

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nơi trung chuyển

cảng nơi hàng hóa có thể được nhập khẩu và sau đó xuất khẩu mà không phải trả thuế nhập khẩu

🇹🇭Thai

ทางเข้า

ท่าเรือที่สามารถนำเข้าสินค้าแล้วส่งออกโดยไม่ต้องเสียภาษีนำเข้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

pintu masuk

pelabuhan tempat barang dagangan dapat diimpor dan kemudian diekspor tanpa membayar bea masuk

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.entrepot

ميناء يمكن استيراد البضائع فيه ومن ثم تصديرها دون دفع رسوم الاستيراد

🇹🇷Turkish

antrepo

malların ithalat vergileri ödenmeden ithal edilebildiği ve daha sonra ihraç edilebildiği bir liman

🇮🇱Hebrew

אנטרפוט

נמל שבו ניתן לייבא סחורה ולאחר מכן לייצא מבלי לשלם מכסי יבוא

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