export


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
export
verb /ɪkˈspɔːt, ɛk-, ˈɛk-/ 
  • 1 send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

    ■ spread or introduce (ideas or customs) to another country.

  • 2 Computing transfer (data) in a format that can be used by other programs.
noun /ˈɛkspɔːt/ 
  • 1 an exported product or service.
  • 2 the action of exporting of goods or services.

    ■ [as modifier] of a high standard suitable for export: export ales.

– derivatives
exportability noun,
exportable adjective,
exportation noun,
exporter noun.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘take away’): from L. exportare, from ex- ‘out’ + portare ‘carry’.
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