trading post
noun
1.
a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
2.
post
2
(def 5).
Origin
1790-1800,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
trading post
Pendleton was once a rough-and-tumble
trading post
with illicit underground bordellos and opium dens.
British Dictionary definitions for
trading post
trading post
noun
1.
a general store established by a trader in an unsettled or thinly populated region
2.
(
stock exchange
) a booth or location on an exchange floor at which a particular security is traded