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TRADING POST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trading post mean?
• TRADING POST (noun)
The noun TRADING POST has 1 sense:
1. a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
Familiarity information: TRADING POST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
country store; general store; trading post
Hypernyms ("trading post" is a kind of...):
mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)
Context examples
Edith sent Hans to their cabins to get them to take Dennin down the coast in a canoe to the nearest white settlement or trading post, but the errand was fruitless.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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