trading post
nounDefinition of trading post
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Senegalese dish is considered to have been an accidental creation by Penda Mbaye, a cook based near the Senegal River delta and Portuguese trading posts, after a shortage of barley forced her to use rice for cooking. — Haleluya Hadero, Quartz Africa, "How Jollof rice became West Africa’s iconic dish and a point of banter between Africans," 23 Aug. 2019 Modern Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 as a trading post for the British East India Company. — Doug Hansen, chicagotribune.com, "Beautifully modern Singapore," 20 Aug. 2019 Mitchell stole the woman's car and later robbed a trading post in Red Valley, Arizona. — CBS News, "Who are the five men scheduled to be executed under federal law?," 26 July 2019 Now, new research has located the site of the ad hoc trading post, and it’s not laid out the way organizers remember. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Archaeologists Are Finding Woodstock Really Did Take On Life of Its Own," 27 June 2019 The logo for the CBS Corporation appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. — Washington Post, "CBS, Viacom to reunite as media giants bulk up for streaming," 13 Aug. 2019 Historians tell the tale of bandits being hanged near a trading post on the site. — Rosemary Mcclure, latimes.com, "Hotels near Yosemite that won't blow your budget," 30 June 2019 Elmina Castle was the first European slave-trading post erected in sub-Saharan Africa, PBS reported. — Fox News, "Pelosi, Omar, other members of Congress to visit Ghana, US Army Africa headquarters in Italy," 27 July 2019 Old Benton or , often confused with modern-day Benton, has a grand Old West history, including a murder at Convict Lake, a trading post that supplied mining sites and the Hotel Wai-Wera. — Sara Lessley, latimes.com, "Experience hot springs and history on a weekend trip to Benton Hot Springs," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trading post.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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