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noun
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, economics, sciences
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noun
The commodity exported; an export.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: import/export
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noun
The act of carrying something away or out from a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exporting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
noun
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: export
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commodity, trade good, good
History
Etymology tree English export Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English exportation From export + -ation.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
