export

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.

Example sentences

Such items are not permitted to be taken abroad without an export license from

the antiquities agency.

At the same time many of them are feeling the effects of globalisation in their

domestic and export markets.

Smoked salmon, a major export, is often served for breakfast with scrambled

eggs.

But the bulk water export market has yet to come together.

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Matching Quote

"There are mountains that have been standing for centuries, that have always been standing, and armies with guns have gone over them, there are islands, people on them, chock-full, all strong, solid business houses, banks, industry, dancing, dives, import, export, social questions, and one day there starts a rrrrrrrr, rrrr, not from the warship, the rumpus starts all by itself—from down below. The earth gives a jump, nightingale, nightingale, how beautifully you sang, the ships fly to the skies, the birds fall to the earth."

-Alfred Döblin