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Origin of export

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

OTHER WORDS FROM export

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Words related to export

ship, dump, smuggle, transport, consign, freight, convey, transship, send out

Example sentences from the Web for export

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 forms of export

exportable, adjectiveexportability, nounexporter, noun

Word Origin for export

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