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export
[ verb ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; noun adjective ek-spawrt, -spohrt ]
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.
export
noun
- often plural
- goods ( visible exports ) or services ( invisible exports ) sold to a foreign country or countries
- ( as modifier )
an export licence
export finance
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- exˈporter, noun
- exˈportable, adjective
- exˌportaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- ex·porta·ble adjective
- ex·porta·bili·ty noun
- ex·porter noun
- nonex·porta·ble adjective
- super·export noun
- super·ex·port verb (used with object)
- unex·porta·ble adjective
- unex·ported adjective
- unex·porting adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of export1
Example Sentences
Many of those automakers are also exporting a growing number of cars to other countries in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Federal authorities arrested 41-year-old Shenghua Wen at his Ontario home, accusing him of violating sanctions law by exporting shipping containers full of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea.
But more and more African countries are considering reducing the export of raw materials to promote local processing.
While the US has introduced strict legislation to ban all Xinjiang exports, Europe and the UK take a softer approach, allowing companies simply to self-regulate to ensure forced labour is not used in supply chains.
The United States is a massive trading partner with Canada, receiving nearly all of the country's crude oil exports in 2023.
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