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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In the 21st century, data access and digital financial systems have replaced physical trading posts and private armies.
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Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
If each individual artifact reveals relatively little, the enormous array Barraclough assembles—from Scandinavia, Western Europe, Newfoundland, and trading posts as far east as present-day Russia—adds depth to the traditional portrait of Viking culture.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Check Out Some Real Longhorns At Black Jacks Crossing Golf Club, duck inside the Yates Longhorn Museum, housed along with the club’s pro shop inside the old trading post.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Yes, Fort Bridger was a real fur trading post in the 1850s.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Allison Stanger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
If each individual artifact reveals relatively little, the enormous array Barraclough assembles—from Scandinavia, Western Europe, Newfoundland, and trading posts as far east as present-day Russia—adds depth to the traditional portrait of Viking culture.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Check Out Some Real Longhorns At Black Jacks Crossing Golf Club, duck inside the Yates Longhorn Museum, housed along with the club’s pro shop inside the old trading post.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
Yes, Fort Bridger was a real fur trading post in the 1850s.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Trading post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trading%20post. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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