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Export \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Export \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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