trading post
noun
1
: a station of a trader or trading company established in a sparsely settled region where trade in products of local origin (such as furs) is carried on
Examples of trading post in a Sentence
The French set up a trading post on the coast.
The town was first established as a trading post.
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Established as a trading post in 1764, the town had grown into a frontier crossroads, 200 homes perched atop the bluff where the Missouri and the Mississippi meet.
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Between 1820 and 1860 Hudson’s Bay Company reported that nearly 4,000 grizzly hides were shipped from trading posts in the area.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
In the far northern Kachin State, the Kachin Independence Army has seized strategic bases and an important border trading post, further curtailing trade with China, and is now within striking distance of Kachin’s capital, Myitkyina.
—Richard Horsey, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
In 1975, farmers chasing a runaway pig discovered human skeletal remains in a remote area near Meteor City, a historic trading post 40 miles east of Flagstaff.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Between 1820 and 1860 Hudson’s Bay Company reported that nearly 4,000 grizzly hides were shipped from trading posts in the area.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
In the far northern Kachin State, the Kachin Independence Army has seized strategic bases and an important border trading post, further curtailing trade with China, and is now within striking distance of Kachin’s capital, Myitkyina.
—Richard Horsey, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
In 1975, farmers chasing a runaway pig discovered human skeletal remains in a remote area near Meteor City, a historic trading post 40 miles east of Flagstaff.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
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“Trading post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20post. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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