Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of exporting.
- noun Something exported; an export.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of carrying out or taking away.
- noun Specifically The act of conveying or sending to a distance, especially to another state or country, commodities in the course of commerce.
- noun The thing or things exported.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
- noun Commodity exported; an export.
- noun rare The act of carrying out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
- noun Commodity exported; an export.
- noun The act of carrying out.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
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Examples
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It was very big on helping Non-Mexican residents find a Mexican artist to sponser in exportation of their wares.
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In fact, all evidence suggests that the exportation was a straightforward affair conducted in the open and actively facilitated by the Brazilian authorities in Belém.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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In fact, all evidence suggests that the exportation was a straightforward affair conducted in the open and actively facilitated by the Brazilian authorities in Belém.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Not only is a large proportion of the agricultural community pecuniarily interested in the production of this article, but the exportation is the chief cause of the commercial prosperity of a city, which, in point of population, ranks third in the kingdom.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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There was and is plenty of cloth and merchandise for all, and no scarcity is produced by the exportation which is made to India; etc.
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Israel argues that the short-term, temporary exhibition of scrolls in another country does not constitute "exportation" under the Hague Convention, and that all the scrolls in its possession are part of Jewish heritage.
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"In the future, the Central Valley Hydrologic Model could be used to evaluate regional issues such as exportation of water from the Sacramento Valley to Southern California or the upcoming restoration of salmon habitat in the San Joaquin River."
USGS Newsroom 2009
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Israel argues that the short-term, temporary exhibition of scrolls in another country does not constitute "exportation" under the Hague Convention, and that all the scrolls in its possession are part of Jewish heritage.
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- Agricultural products are being held in Gaza as Israel prevents any kind of exportation since a year and a half.
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- Agricultural products are being held in Gaza as Israel prevents any kind of exportation since a year and a half.
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