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Webster 1913 Edition


Warehouse

Ware′houseˊ

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Warehouses
.
A storehouse for wares, or goods.
Addison.

Ware′houseˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Warehoused
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Warehousing
.]
1.
To deposit or secure in a warehouse.
2.
To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

Webster 1828 Edition


Warehouse

WAREHOUSE

,
Noun.
[ware and house.] A storehouse for goods.

WAREHOUSE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

Definition 2024


warehouse

warehouse

English

Noun

warehouse (plural warehouses)

  1. A place for storing large amounts of products (wares). In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
    • 2013 August 3, Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
      Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

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warehouse (third-person singular simple present warehouses, present participle warehousing, simple past and past participle warehoused)

  1. To store, as in a warehouse.
    • 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.
  2. To confine people to institutions for long-term periods.

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