import

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
import/ˈɪmpɔːt/

▶verb

• 1 bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad.

• 2 Computing transfer (data) into a file or document.

• 3 archaic indicate or signify.

▶noun

• 1 an imported commodity, article, or service.

  ■ the action or process of importing.

• 2 the implied meaning of something.

  ■ importance.

– derivatives
importable adjective,
importation noun,
importer noun.

– origin ME: from L. importare ‘bring in’ (in med. L. ‘imply, be of consequence’).