export

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

/ verb ɪkˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrt, ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt; noun, adjective ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt /

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 forms

ex·port·a·ble, adjectiveex·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounex·port·er, nounnon·ex·port·a·ble, adjective

su·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 exportable

Exportable goods were never safe from seizure until they had left Argentine soil.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson
In that capacity I signed and issued the first of the annual forecasts of the exportable surplus of the rice-crop.
A Civil Servant in Burma|Herbert Thirkel White
The volume of exportable surplus products of the country rose rapidly after 1870.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
The reorganization is intended to increase output, improve quality, reduce costs, and increase the exportable surplus.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

Nothing that is not exportable has any real value, for nothing can be turned into money.
Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O.|J.G. Millais

British Dictionary definitions for exportable

export

noun (ˈɛkspɔːt)

(often plural)

goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries
(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 for export

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

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Word Origin and History for exportable

export

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.

export

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verb (used without object)

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export

noun (ˈɛkspɔːt)

verb (ɪkˈspɔːt, ˈɛkspɔːt)

Word Origin for export

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