grands magasins de dépôt

English translation: large warehouses

14:52 Feb 20, 2015
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail
French term or phrase: grands magasins de dépôt
Complete sentence: Les grands magasins de dépôt de produits agroalimentaires en provenance de Guinée n’ont pas connu de rupture de stocks.
This was taken from a document that discusses food security issues in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. I suspect that this is some of wholesale warehouse. Can anyone confirm?
Sue Crocker
Canada
Local time: 10:05
English translation:large warehouses
Explanation:
Magasin also means warehouse. "De dépôt" is redundant, since warehouses are used for storage. It doesn't mean wholesale.

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Note added at 41 mins (2015-02-20 15:34:25 GMT)
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Actually it's not redundant - it means "the large warehouses used to store food and agricultural products".
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large warehouses


Explanation:
Magasin also means warehouse. "De dépôt" is redundant, since warehouses are used for storage. It doesn't mean wholesale.

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Note added at 41 mins (2015-02-20 15:34:25 GMT)
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Actually it's not redundant - it means "the large warehouses used to store food and agricultural products".


    Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/magasin
philgoddard
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
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agree  Ana Vozone
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agree  writeaway: probably African French. once past that, it's fairly obvious
1 hr

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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agree  Philippa Smith: yep!
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agree  AllegroTrans
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