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Webster 1913 Edition

Export

Ex-port′

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Export

EXPO'RT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. exporto; ex and porto, to carry. Porto seems allied to fero, and Eng. bear.]
To carry out; but appropriately, and perhaps exclusively, to convey or transport, in traffic, produce and goods from one country to another, or from one state or jurisdiction to another, either by water or land. We export wares and merchandize from the United States to Europe. The Northern States export manufactures to South Carolina and Georgia. Goods are exported from Persia to Syria and Egypt on camels.

Definition 2024

Export

Export

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German

Noun

Export m ‎(genitive Exports or Exportes, plural Exporte)

  1. (economics) export (the act of exporting)
  2. a type of beer

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export

export

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English

Adjective

export ‎(not comparable)

  1. of or relating to exportation or exports

Translations

Noun

export ‎(countable and uncountable, plural exports)

  1. (countable) something that is exported
    Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  2. (uncountable) the act of exporting
    The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

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Verb

export ‎(third-person singular simple present exports, present participle exporting, simple past and past participle exported)

  1. (transitive) to carry away
    • Francis Bacon
      [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  2. (transitive) to sell (goods) to a foreign country
    Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  3. (transitive) to cause to spread in another part of the world
  4. (transitive, computing): to send (data) from one program to another
  5. (transitive) to put up (a child) for international adoption.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (to sell (goods) to a foreign country): import

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Noun

export m

  1. export

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French

Noun

export m ‎(plural exports)

  1. export

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English export, from Latin exportō, exportāre ‎(“carry out; export”).

Noun

export m ‎(plural exports)

  1. (Jersey) export

Derived terms

Related terms

  • exportâtion ‎(“export”)
  • exportéthie ‎(“exporting”)
  • exporteux ‎(“exporter”)

Swedish

Noun

export c

  1. export

Declension

Inflection of export 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative export exporten exporter exporterna
Genitive exports exportens exporters exporternas

Synonyms

  • utförsel

Antonyms

Compounds

  • exportartikel
  • exportavtal
  • exportfirma
  • exportfrämjande
  • exportförbud
  • exportföretag
  • exporthamn
  • exportindustri
  • exportinkomst
  • exportkredit
  • exportland
  • exportlicens
  • exportmarknad
  • exportnäring
  • exportpris
  • exportprodukt
  • exportsiffra
  • exportstopp
  • exporttillstånd
  • exportuppgång
  • exportvara
  • exportvolym
  • exportvärde
  • exportöl
  • exportöverskott

Derived terms

  • exportera
  • exporterbar
  • exporterbarhet
  • exportering
  • exportör

Pronunciation

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