export
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.
to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.
the act of exporting; exportation: the export of coffee.
something that is exported; an article exported: Coffee is a major export of Colombia.
of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods: export duties.
produced for export: an export beer.
Origin of export
1Other words from export
- ex·port·a·ble, adjective
- ex·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- ex·port·er, noun
- non·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
- su·per·ex·port, noun
- su·per·ex·port, verb (used with object)
- un·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
- un·ex·port·ed, adjective
- un·ex·port·ing, adjective
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How to use export in a sentence
Still, he said, foreign-invested companies should be careful if their activities involve the export of technologies.
China is set to pass law restricting the export of sensitive technology | Claire Zillman, reporter | October 16, 2020 | FortuneAgricultural exports to China started rebounding in 2020, but are nowhere near their pre-trade war highs, as China has fallen short of its purchase commitments.
Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Nobody Knows What Happens Next. | by Lydia DePillis | October 13, 2020 | ProPublicaSoybeans dominate American agriculture, it’s a $12, $13, $14 billion dollar a year set of exports to China.
This analyst says the U.S.-China trade deal targets were always ‘too aspirational’ | Veta Chan | October 8, 2020 | FortuneUganda last year witnessed record fish exports, bringing in a never-before $171 million in revenue.
In those days, the idea was to import natural gas for sale to American customers, not export it.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It. | by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica | October 1, 2020 | ProPublica
But this just makes developing new exportable ideas all the more important.
A large proportion of the exportable produce of Canada is obliged to seek a market in the United States.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonThe volume of exportable surplus products of the country rose rapidly after 1870.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyEncourage those industries which change raw materials into exportable finished products.
The Story of Mankind | Hendrik van LoonOn reading over my letter I am doubtful whether this opinion respecting exportable commodities is correct.
Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 | David RicardoThe first pillar of his laws contained a regulation respecting exportable produce.
British Dictionary definitions for export
(often plural)
goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries
(as modifier): an export licence; export finance
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
Origin of export
1- Compare import
Derived forms of export
- exportable, adjective
- exportability, noun
- exporter, noun
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