export

[ verb ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; noun adjective ek-spawrt, -spohrt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
2. to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
3. Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.

verb (used without object)

1. to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

noun

1. the act of exporting; exportation:

   the export of coffee.

2. something that is exported; an article exported:

   Coffee is a major export of Colombia.

adjective

1. of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods:

   export duties.

2. produced for export:

   an export beer.

export

noun

1. often plural
   1. goods ( visible exports ) or services ( invisible exports ) sold to a foreign country or countries
   2. ( as modifier )

      an export licence

      export finance

verb

1. to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries
2. tr to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad

Derived Forms

• exˈporter, noun
• exˈportable, adjective
• exˌportaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• ex·porta·ble adjective
• ex·porta·bili·ty noun
• ex·porter noun
• nonex·porta·ble adjective
• super·export noun
• super·ex·port verb (used with object)
• unex·porta·ble adjective
• unex·ported adjective
• unex·porting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of export¹

First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin exportāre “to carry out, carry away,” from ex- ex- ¹ + portāre “to carry”

Word History and Origins

Origin of export¹

C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry

Example Sentences

"If France cannot guarantee through export controls, including end user certification, that arms will not be re-exported to Sudan, it should not authorise those transfers," it said.

From BBC

Currently logging is a major part of the country's economy - between 50-70% of the country's annual export revenue - but it cauuses high levels of water pollution that damages coral in the area.

From BBC

He is also likely to ease restrictions on the oil industry’s emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and to revoke Biden’s pause on increasing liquid petroleum gas exports.

From Los Angeles Times

However, some sectors could benefit from reduced China exports to the US.

From BBC

Oil and gas accounts for about half of Azerbaijan's total economy and more than 90% of its exports, according to US figures.

From BBC

Related Words

• dump
• ship
• smuggle
• transport