Etymology
Origin of exportation
1600–10; < Latin exportātiōn- (stem of exportātiō ), equivalent to exportāt ( us ) (past participle of exportāre to export ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The department issued a general license allowing transactions relating to "the lifting, exportation, reexportation, sale, resale, supply, storage, marketing, purchase, delivery, or transportation of Venezuelan-origin oil."
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Mr Johnson said that Nissan exports 80% of the vehicles made at its Sunderland plant, "so of course exportation is critical to our success".
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023
"They have to export cheese because there's much so much cheese," she says, "but wine exportation was never really necessary. So the wine always stayed a little bit hidden. It was a niche."
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023
The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of a species of a tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023
We may be sure, however, that this exportation is transacted not simply for the emoluments of sale, but for the instruction of awful example.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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