exporting
NounSynonyms:
exportation
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign countrySynonyms: exportation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]