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Noun
1. trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factoryHistorical term
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2. KontorA kontor was a foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League. The word kontor means office in Norwegian and other Scandinavian languages. In addition to the major kontore in London, Ipswich, Bruges, Bergen, and Novgorod (Peterhof), some ports had a representative merchant and a warehouse. Of all the kontor buildings, only Bergen's kontor, known as Bryggen in Norway, has survived until the present day. Bryggen was closed for business in 1754.
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