Importer
[ɪm'pɔrtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country).
Typist: Penelope--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
Edited by Aaron
Examples
- Mistakes with regard to this sometimes ruin the custom-house officer, and frequently occasion much trouble, expense, and vexation to the importer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The importer explained that in China human labor was cheaper than steam power. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These were the corn merchants, the exporters and importers of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was intended more especially for importers and exchange brokers, and was furnished at a lower price than the indicator service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Heavy duties being imposed upon almost all goods imported, our merchant importers smuggle as much, and make entry of as little as they can. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He travels for Westhouse & Marbank, the great claret importers of Fenchurch Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not to mention the importers and exporters, who are called merchants? Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Ora