ex-porter

[v. ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; n., adj. ek-spawrt, -spohrt]

ex·port

[v. ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; n., adj. ek-spawrt, -spohrt]
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.

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Ex-porter is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.
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

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
EXPAND
su·per·ex·port, verb (used with object)
un·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
un·ex·port·ed, adjective
un·ex·port·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE
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