warehouse
Noun
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Noun
warehouse (plural warehouses)
- A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
- French: entrepôt
- German: Lager, Lagerhaus, Speicherhaus
- Italian: magazzino
- Portuguese: armazém
- Russian: склад
- Spanish: almacén, depósito
warehouse (warehouses, present participle warehousing; past and past participle warehoused)
- (transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.
- 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
- Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
- 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
- (transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
- (transitive, business) To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
- the warehousing of syndicated TV shows
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