TRANSSHIPMENT CENTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC

Synonyms:

entrepot; transshipment center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("transshipment center" is a kind of...):

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

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