[syn: exporting, exportation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exportation \Ex`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. exportatio: cf. F.
exporation.]
1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending
commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of
commerce.
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2. Commodity exported; an export.
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3. The act of carrying out. [R.] --Bourne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exportation
n 1: commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
[syn: export, exportation] [ant: import,
importation]
2: the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a
foreign country [syn: exporting, exportation]