Hypertext Webster Gateway: "export"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Export \Ex"port\, n.
1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
export of wheat or tobacco.

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.

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two
places must likewise be an indication of the
ordinary course of their exports and imports. --A.
Smith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

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

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

export
n : commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
[ant: {import}]
v : sell or transfer abroad [ant: {import}]


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