Exporting
[ɪks'port]
Definition
(noun.) the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country.
Editor: Tracy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Export
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Examples
- 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.
Typist: Maura