trading post

1. 1.

   a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise

   Synonymscountry storegeneral store

   Broadermercantile establishment

Questions about trading post

What does trading post mean?

trading post means "a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise".

What is another word for trading post?

Close synonyms include country store, general store. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.