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[syn: exporting, exportation]
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):
exporting
n 1: the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a
foreign country [syn: exporting, exportation]