export

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: exportation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign countrySynonyms: exportation

Verb (3)

  1. sell or transfer abroad“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“The Russians exported Marxism to Africa”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Export \Ex"port\, n.

1.The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports.— A. Smith.[1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]

[They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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