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export

Syllabification: (ex·port)
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Definition of export

verb

Pronunciation: /ikˈspôrt, ˈekspôrt/
[with object]
  • send (goods or services) to another country for sale:we exported $16 million worth of mussels to Japan
  • spread or introduce (ideas and beliefs) to another country:the Greeks exported Hellenic culture around the Mediterranean basin
  • Computing transfer (data) in a format that can be used by other programs.

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈekˌspôrt/
(usually exports)
  • a commodity, article, or service sold abroad:wool and mohair were the principal exports
  • (exports) sales of goods or services to other countries, or the revenue from such sales:meat exports
  • the selling and sending out of goods or services to other countries:the export of Western technology
  • [as modifier] of a high standard suitable for export:high-grade export coal

Derivatives

exportability

Pronunciation: /ikˌspôrtəˈbilitē/
noun

exportable

Pronunciation: /ikˈspôrtəbəl/
adjective

exportation

Pronunciation: /ˌekspôrˈtāSHən/
noun

exporter

noun

Origin:

late 15th century (in the sense 'take away'): from Latin exportare, from ex- 'out' + portare 'carry'. Current senses date from the 17th century

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Definition of export in the British & World English dictionary

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