gatewaygate·way /ˈgeɪt-weɪ/ noun [countableC]1COMMERCEsomething that gives a person, company or country the opportunity to do something successfully or make progress in some waygateway to/into/betweenThe British are heading for Texas in an attempt to open a gateway to Mexico’s potentially huge markets.
Hong Kong is a criticaleconomic gateway between the mainland and the outside world.
2COMPUTING a device on a computer that makes it possible to connect it to another computer of a different type or on a different NETWORKSYN ROUTEREmail gateways already connect various US networks to a growing global infrastructure.
Internet gateways
3British EnglishBrELAW in Britain, arrangements that allow companies to do things that would not normally be allowed. Gateways mainly relate to the RESTRICTIVE TRADES PRACTICES ACTThe regional unemployment gateway was successfully pleaded, where it was argued that sales restrictions would increase unemployment in the area.