Export
[ɪk'spɔːt;ek-;'ek-] or [ɪk'spɔrt]
Definition
(noun.) commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country.
(verb.) cause to spread in another part of the world; 'The Russians exported Marxism to Africa'.
(verb.) transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs.
(verb.) sell or transfer abroad; 'we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To carry away; to remove.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Nathaniel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Send out (merchandise from one country to another), carry out, send abroad.
n. Commodity exported.
Checker: Wendy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ship_produce
ANT:Import, consume, expose,[See CONCEAL]
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Definition
v.t. to carry or send out of a country as goods in commerce.—n. Ex′port act of exporting: that which is exported: a commodity which is or may be sent from one country to another in traffic.—adj. Export′able that may be exported.—ns. Exportā′tion act of exporting or of conveying goods from one country to another; Export′er the person who exports or who ships goods to a foreign or distant country for sale—opp. to Importer.
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Examples
- In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They abound, therefore, in the rude produce of land; and instead of importing it from other countries, they have generally a large surplus to export. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Stout, and in fact all beers for export to a hot climate, require rather more. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- England began to export cotton goods in 1781, which was sufficient evidence that the manufacture of such goods was proceeding more rapidly than the home demand for them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Italian salute never seemed made for export. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The act of navigation, it is true, lays no burden upon foreign ships that come to export the produce of British industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, whose trade depended on exports and interchange of wealth, became bankrupt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whether the merchant whose capital exports the surplus produce of any society, be a native or a foreigner, is of very little importance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He did try to prevent the English from exchanging exports for European gold, while permitting imports in the hope of depleting England of gold. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These few acres alone contained sufficient ore to supply the whole United States iron trade, including exports, for seventy years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The other exports the accommodation and subsistence of a great number, and imports that of a very few only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Although so many sewing machines are made abroad, the exports from the United States for 1899 amounted to $3,264,344. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The growth subsequent to 1890 is well attested by the exports for 1899, which for mowers and reapers was $9,053,830, or more than four times what it was in 1890. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1898 there were exported from the United States typewriting machines to the value of $1,902,153. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Watch-cases, clock-cases, and dial-plates for clocks and watches, have been prohibited to be exported. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If taken out for exportation, to be duty-free; proper security being always given that they should be so exported. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The non-enumerated commodities could originally be exported to all parts of the world. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The total value of mowers and reapers exported in 1890 was $2,092,638. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fine grapes used to grow in the islands, and an excellent wine was made and exported. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr Locke imputed this high price to the permission of exporting silver bullion, and to the prohibition of exporting silver coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This permission of exporting, he said, rendered the demand for silver bullion greater than the demand for silver coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were solid, too, in asserting that no prohibition could prevent their exportation, when private people found any advantage in exporting them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The prohibition of exporting gold and silver was, in France and England, confined to the coin of those respective countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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