1.
[syn: export, exportation]
VERB (3)
1. sell or transfer abroad;
- Example: "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"
2. transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs;
3. cause to spread in another part of the world;
- Example: "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Export \Ex"port\, n.
1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
export of wheat or tobacco.
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2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one
country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used
chiefly in the plural, exports.
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The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two
places must likewise be an indication of the
ordinary course of their exports and imports. --A.
Smith.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Export \Ex*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb.
n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.]
1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]
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[They] export honor from a man, and make him a
return in envy. --Bacon.
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2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially
to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the
way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export
grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
export
n 1: commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
[syn: export, exportation] [ant: import,
importation]
v 1: sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and
have a negative trade balance" [ant: import]
2: transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a
format that can be used by other programs [ant: import]
3: cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians
exported Marxism to Africa"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "export":
air-express, airfreight, airmail, assign, carry over, communicate,
communication, conduction, consign, contagion, convection, deliver,
delivery, deport, deportation, diapedesis, diffuse, diffusion,
dispatch, disseminate, dissemination, drop a letter, embark,
expedite, expel, exportation, exporting, express, expulsion,
extradite, extradition, forward, freight, hand forward, hand on,
hand over, impart, import, importation, interchange, mail,
make over, metastasis, metastasize, metathesis, metathesize,
metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis, pass, pass on,
pass over, pass the buck, passage, passing over, perfuse,
perfusion, post, relay, remit, send, send abroad, send away,
send forth, send off, ship, spread, spreading, switch,
transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transfer property,
transference, transfuse, transfusion, transit, transition,
translate, translation, translocate, translocation, transmigration,
transmigration of souls, transmission, transmit, transmittal,
transmittance, transplace, transplacement, transplant,
transplantation, transposal, transpose, transposition, travel,
turn over
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Export, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 895
Housing Units (2000): 513
Land area (2000): 0.381411 sq. miles (0.987851 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.381411 sq. miles (0.987851 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24432
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.416251 N, 79.623679 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15632
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Export, PA
Export