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departure Fur Trade, Hist. 
1 n. the departure of one or more persons from a post.
See also: arrival (def. 1)
- 1967 As a brigade included several hundred horses, the post was a scene of great activity during arrivals and departures.
2 n. a token of friendship, such as a drink of rum or brandy, given to Indian trading parties on their departure from a post.
See also: arrival (def. 2)
- 1929 [1930] (1965 [1964]) At Resolution the [gratuity] system was said to have been abolished in 1922. "Departures" are said to have also disappeared, but there remains the "arrival."
- 1967 As a brigade included several hundred horses, the post was a scene of great activity during arrivals and departures.