importation

[im-pawr-tey-shuhn, -pohr-]

noun

1. the act of importing.

2. something imported.

importation

/ ˌɪmpɔːˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act, business, or process of importing goods or services

2. an imported product or service

Other Word Forms

• overimportation noun
• preimportation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of importation¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; import + -ation

Example Sentences

In 1807, Congress passed and President Jefferson signed a bill prohibiting the importation of slaves.

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she was struggling to understand what Congress meant in the emergency powers law when it said the president may “regulate” importation.

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She asked: “Can you point to any other place in the code, or any other time in history, where that phrase ‘together regulate importation’ has been used to confer tariff-imposing authority?”

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Faced with such an emergency, he may “investigate, block ... or regulate” the “importation or exportation” of any property.

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That law gives the President authority in a national emergency to “deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat,” including to “regulate” the “importation” of foreign property.

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Related Words

• access 
• accession 
• admission 
• entry