From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Military, Tradeoutpostout‧post /ˈaʊtpəʊst $ -poʊst/ noun [countable]PMBBTa group of buildings in a place far from cities or towns, usually established as a militarycamp or a place for tradea remote outpost of the empireExamples from the Corpusoutpost• This shop is surely an outpost of hell, with its oppressiveheat and denseclouds of smoke.• Riney had the hard job of luring quality talent to the backwatersoutpost of a respectedagency.• The city began its life as a remoteborderoutpost.• Example 1 Stockport DistrictHealthAuthority has developed a localitymodel of purchasing with extendedoutposts in localities.• Assembly of the globaloutpost is scheduled to begin in late 1997.• Today, the practice lives on in such modernoutposts as Girlfriends Coffeehouse.• But the evasion is not completely successful, for the authorities have semanticoutposts in other words as well.• The exactitude of this association gave the outpost a familiarity and calmed her even more.• Clearly the tinyoutpost was awaitingdemolition, but maybe that wouldn't come for many years.From Longman Business Dictionaryoutpostout‧post /ˈaʊtpəʊst-poʊst/ noun [countable] American Englisha shop, office etc in a particular area that is part of a large organizationSYNBRANCHThe company has outposts all over the world.