A store or small settlement established for trading or barter, esp. with indigenous peoples, and typically situated in a remote place. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > trading post (8) trading post1776 A store or small settlement established for trading or barter, esp. with indigenous peoples, and typically situated in a remote place. Now historical. fort1784 In British North America and parts of the U.S.: A trading station (originally fortified). outpost1802 Originally Canadian. A trading post set up in a remote place or near a frontier in order to further the commercial contacts of a larger, more… post1835 = trading post, n. 1a. Cf. outpost, n. 2. Now chiefly North American. Subcategories:— fortified (2) — building or room (2) |
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