society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > place authorized for foreign merchants (4)
An establishment for traders carrying on business, especially in a foreign country; a merchant company's trading station; a trading post. Now histo…
A ‘factory’ or authorized place of trade for merchants of a foreign country. Obsolete.
An establishment for traders conducting business in a foreign country; a merchant company's trading station. Now historical.
a port opened to foreign commerce by a treaty (esp. applied to certain ports in China, Japan, and Korea, in relation to commerce with European…