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export

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

verb (used with object)

  1. to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
  2. to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
  3. Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.


verb (used without object)

  1. to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

noun

  1. the act of exporting; exportation:

    the export of coffee.

  2. something that is exported; an article exported:

    Coffee is a major export of Colombia.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods:

    export duties.

  2. produced for export:

    an export beer.

export

noun

  1. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries
  2. tr to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰٱ, noun
  • ˈǰٲ, adjective
  • ˌǰٲˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ǰa· adjective
  • ·ǰa·i·ٲ noun
  • ·ǰİ noun
  • non·ǰa· adjective
  • p·pǰ noun
  • p··ǰ verb (used with object)
  • un·ǰa· adjective
  • ܲe·ǰĻ adjective
  • ܲe·ǰiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of export1

First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin ǰ “to carry out, carry away,” from ex- ex- 1 + ǰ “to carry”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of export1

C15: from Latin ǰ to carry away, from ǰ to carry
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Last September the UN's world heritage organisation, Unesco, warned of a "threat to culture" and urged art dealers not to import or export artefacts smuggled out of Sudan.

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The exceptions are China, which has been hit with 145%, and Canada and Mexico, which have still got 25% tariffs on some exports to the US.

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But landlocked Malawi, which has relied on Tanzanian ports to carry its exports such as tobacco, sugar and soybeans to the rest of the world, will have to reroute its goods.

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The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the production of advanced technologies - including electric vehicles, fighter jets, and robots.

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The export of video game controllers from the UK to Russia has been banned as they can be repurposed to pilot drones used to launch attacks on Ukraine.

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