Definitions for: Export


[n] commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
[v] cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa"
[v] sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb.
n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.]
1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]

[They] export honor from a man, and make him a
return in envy. --Bacon.

2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially
to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the
way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export
grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.


Ex"port, n.
1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
export of wheat or tobacco.

2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one
country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used
chiefly in the plural, exports.

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two
places must likewise be an indication of the
ordinary course of their exports and imports. --A.
Smith.

Synonyms: exportation

Antonyms: import, import, importation

See Also: commodity, distribute, goods, merchandise, smuggle, spread, trade, trade goods

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