-rə|pō noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from entreposer to put in a warehouse (from entre- + poser to put, place, rest), after French déposer to deposit: dépôt depot — more at pose
: a place serving as an intermediary center for the collection and distribution of goods : a transshipment center or point
upon the free flow of goods through this entrepôt hung the welfare of every farm in the west — Oscar Handlin