export

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

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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 formsex·port·a·ble, adjectiveex·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounex·port·er, nounnon·ex·port·a·ble, adjectivesu·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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Related Words for exporter

shopkeeper, trafficker, vendor, trader, broker, seller, operator, shipper, dealer, retailer, wholesaler, merchant, transporter, carrier, tycoon, businessperson, storekeeper, salesperson, sender, handler

Examples from the Web for exporter

Contemporary Examples of exporter

Far from it, the continent had become a security “exporter,” contributing peacekeeping forces around the world.
How the ‘Realists’ Misjudged Ukraine
James Kirchick
March 3, 2014
Dan Gross on the rise of the American University as an exporter.
Give Me Your Studious: American Universities Are Prolific Exporters
Daniel Gross
August 22, 2013
Israel has been an exporter of military power for most of its existence.
Israel's Shady Arms Deal
Stephen Kinzer
June 22, 2010

Historical Examples of exporter

He bids the exporter 4.86-1/2 for his lard bills, and gets the contract.
Elements of Foreign Exchange
Franklin Escher
It is first as an exporter of frozen meat, and second as a shipper of wool.
Argentina
W. A. Hirst
Occasionally an exporter is caught and fined; but that does not stop the traffic.
Our Vanishing Wild Life
William T. Hornaday
He was a great merchant of the country, a wealthy importer and exporter.
Options
O. Henry
The limit in the downward direction to the price of exchange is the last margin of profit to the exporter as such.
Principles of Political Economy
Arthur Latham Perry

British Dictionary definitions for exporter

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 exporter

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.