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/ɪkspˈɔrtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Export v. t. (past & past part. exported; pres. part. exporting)

To carry away; to remove. (Obs.) "(They) export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy."

To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exporting" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the king of Cochinchina, with letters and presents, in order to establish a factory in his kingdom, both for the building of ships and for the exporting of iron and other metals—which can be imported from there at much less cost than what is now incurred here in the islands. I have already received a reply from the king, which contains many expressions of desire that what I am trying to do will be effected; ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various

... other colony in Australia so admirably situated with respect to other countries. The Cape of Good Hope is four or five weeks sail distant; Ceylon about twenty days; Calcutta, Sincapore, and Batavia are all within easy reach. In exporting live-stock, this is of vast importance; and in time of war a central position like this would afford an admirable place for vessels to repair to in order to refit. With the finest timber in the world for naval purposes in unlimited profusion; with a soil teeming with various metals; with ...

— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor

... the cultivation has gone on, and the exportation largely increased. The French also have entered into the trade, and several vessels are exclusively employed in exporting this product from the river Gambia, conveying it to oil factors on the continent, who extract its oil. Seeing, then, the many advantages the cultivation of such a product bestows, and its adaptation ...

— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds

... as a fool and traitor and burned in effigy. Washington watched unmoved. The Senate voted ratification by a bare two-thirds, but struck out the West India article, preferring to retain the power of re-exporting French West India produce rather than to acquire the direct trade with the English islands. Washington added his signature, the British government accepted the amendment, and the treaty came into effect. ...

— The Wars Between England and America • T. C. Smith