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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However, the newfound highland cities were too big to simply be trading posts or Silk Road stopovers, Frachetti and his colleagues believe.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
The nephew of the market's developer, a small boy and a singing barber are other spirits said to roam the trading post.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
This former trading post helped deliver over $271 million the year of Barbenheimer, or 3% of the entire domestic box office market.
—Lisa Laman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
This nest was collected in the mid-1800s through British and Dutch trading posts in the region.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
The nephew of the market's developer, a small boy and a singing barber are other spirits said to roam the trading post.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
This former trading post helped deliver over $271 million the year of Barbenheimer, or 3% of the entire domestic box office market.
—Lisa Laman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
This nest was collected in the mid-1800s through British and Dutch trading posts in the region.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for trading post
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“Trading post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20post. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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