export

[verb ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; noun, adjective ek-spawrt, -spohrt]

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verb (used with object)

to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.

verb (used without object)

to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

noun

the act of exporting; exportation: the export of coffee.
something that is exported; an article exported: Coffee is a major export of Colombia.

adjective

of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods: export duties.
produced for export: an export beer.

Origin of export

1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + portāre to carry, bear

Related formsex·port·a·ble, adjectiveex·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounex·port·er, nounnon·ex·port·a·ble, adjectivesu·per·ex·port, nounsu·per·ex·port, verb (used with object)un·ex·port·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·port·ed, adjectiveun·ex·port·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for export

Contemporary Examples

Enforcement of U.S Code, Title VII, Chapter 25A “Export Standards for Grapes and Plums” remains fully funded, thank goodness.
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving
P. J. O’Rourke
December 20, 2014
Cuban cigars are world-renowned for their quality and craftsmanship, and Americans have loved this major Cuban export for decades.
Cigar Dealers Light Up Over Cuba News
Asawin Suebsaeng
December 17, 2014
Some even saw it as an American plot to export infected monkeys to Sierra Leone.
In Sierra Leone, the Plague Is Closing in Around Us
Ned Eustace
October 13, 2014
He singled out Iran, which he says is pursuing a “global mission” meant to export its violent revolution “to the entire world.”
Can We Lose the Violent Muslim Cliché?
Jay Parini
October 12, 2014
Some time ago, I too left my comfortable life in Britain to export the idea of building a Khilafah [caliphate].
An Ex-Radical's Open Letter to ISIS Fighters: Quit Now While You Can!
Maajid Nawaz
September 10, 2014

Historical Examples

In return for all this it was important that Russia should export as freely as possible.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
Various
The value of this article of export for 1886 was over half a million sterling.
The Last Voyage
Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
It is a seductive and insidious proposition—this export duty.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times
Charles Carleton Coffin
Export of woollen yarn from Cork, £300,000 a year in the Irish market.
A Tour in Ireland
Arthur Young
It is likely that the export of breadstuffs in 1860 will be very considerable.
Old Mackinaw
W. P. Strickland.

British Dictionary definitions for export

export

noun (ˈɛkspɔːt)

(often plural)
1. goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries
2. (as modifier)an export licence; export finance

verb (ɪkˈspɔːt, ˈɛkspɔːt)

to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries
(tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad

Compare import

Derived Formsexportable, adjectiveexportability, nounexporter, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry

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Word Origin and History for export

v.

by 1610s; perhaps from late 15c., from Latin exportare "to carry out, send away," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + portare "carry" (see port (n.1)). The sense of "send out (commodities) from one country to another" is first recorded in English 1660s. The noun is from 1680s.

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Examples from the Web for export

Contemporary Examples

Enforcement of U.S Code, Title VII, Chapter 25A “Export Standards for Grapes and Plums” remains fully funded, thank goodness.

Cuban cigars are world-renowned for their quality and craftsmanship, and Americans have loved this major Cuban export for decades.

Some even saw it as an American plot to export infected monkeys to Sierra Leone.

He singled out Iran, which he says is pursuing a “global mission” meant to export its violent revolution “to the entire world.”

Some time ago, I too left my comfortable life in Britain to export the idea of building a Khilafah [caliphate].

Historical Examples

In return for all this it was important that Russia should export as freely as possible.

The value of this article of export for 1886 was over half a million sterling.

It is a seductive and insidious proposition—this export duty.

Export of woollen yarn from Cork, £300,000 a year in the Irish market.

It is likely that the export of breadstuffs in 1860 will be very considerable.

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v.

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