warehouse

entrepôt

Grand bâtiment où l’on conserve des marchandises avant de les vendre ou de les livrer.

En anglais simple : A large building where goods are kept before they are sold or delivered.

• The boxes are in the warehouse.
• Trucks collect goods from the warehouse each morning.
• They opened two warehouses near the port.

Synonymes : storehouse, depot

Expressions courantes : warehouse worker, warehouse storage, warehouse space, warehouse manager

accaparer

Acheter des droits ou des biens sans les utiliser pour empêcher les concurrents de les obtenir.

En anglais simple : To buy rights or property and leave them unused so competitors cannot get them.

• The network decided to warehouse the rights.
• They warehoused several shows to keep them from competitors.
• Critics accused the company of warehousing valuable patents.

Expressions courantes : warehouse television rights, warehouse something