depot

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛpəʊ/

noun

  • 1a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or goods: an arms depot
  • 2a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
  • North American a railway or bus station.
  • 3 Military a place where recruits are trained or other troops are assembled: only conscripts who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it

Origin:

late 18th century (in the sense 'act of depositing'): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum 'something deposited' (see deposit)