ex portability
spɔrt, -spoʊrt; verb (used with object)
1.
to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
2.
to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
3.
Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.
verb (used without object)
4.
to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.
noun
5.
the act of exporting; exportation: the export of coffee.
6.
something that is exported; an article exported: Coffee is a major export of Colombia.
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Ex portability
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
adjective
7.
of or pertaining to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods: export duties.
8.
produced for export: an export beer.
Origin:
1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + portāre to carry, bear
1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + portāre to carry, bear
Related forms
ex·port·a·ble, adjective
ex·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ex·port·er, noun
non·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
su·per·ex·port, noun
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| export | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) |
| a. goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries | |
| b. (as modifier): an export licence; export finance | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries |
| 3. | (tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad |
| [C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry] | |
| ex'portable | |
| —adj | |
| exporta'bility | |
| —n | |
| ex'porter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
export
late 15c., from L. exportare, from ex- "away" + portare "carry" (see port (1)). The sense of "send out (commodities) from one country to another" is first recorded in English 1660s. The noun is from 1680s.
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