| import | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | Compare export to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country |
| 2. | (tr) to bring in from an outside source: to import foreign words into the language |
| 3. | rare to signify or be significant; mean; convey: to import doom |
| —n | |
| 4. | (often plural) |
| a. goods (visible imports) or services (invisible imports) that are bought from foreign countries | |
| b. (as modifier): an import licence | |
| 5. | significance or importance: a man of great import |
| 6. | meaning or signification |
| 7. | informal (Canadian) a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays |
| [C15: from Latin importāre to carry in, from | |
| im'portable | |
| —adj | |
| importa'bility | |
| —n | |
| im'porter | |
| —n | |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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