ex|port

ex|port «verb. ehk SPRT, -SPOHRT; EHKS prt, -pohrt; noun, adjective. EHKS prt, -pohrt», verb, noun, adjective.

–v.t.

1. to send (products) out of one country for sale and use in another (opposed to import): »

The United States exports many kinds of machinery to countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

2. Figurative: »

As befits the world's major dance power, the United States exports many dancers, choreographers, and touring companies (William Livingstone). His efforts to export revolution to the rest of the Americas never had less success (Jeremiah O'Leary).

–v.i.

to send products out of one country for sale or use in another: »

That company exports only when it gets an order from a foreign buyer. Our films do well in Sweden, but they don't export (Goeran Gentele).

–n.

1. a thing exported (opposed to import): »

Cotton is an important export of the United States.

2. the act or fact of exporting; exportation: »

the export of wool from Great Britain.

–adj.

of exportation; having to do with or adapted to exportation: »

Exporters stated that prospective export business includes 150,000 tons of U.S. hard wheat (Wall Street Journal).

╂[< Latin exportāre < ex- away + portāre carry]