Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who imports; a merchant or other person, or a corporate body, by or for whom goods are brought from another country or state: opposed to exporter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
imports : especially a person or company importing goods into acountry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
Etymologies
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Examples
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If anyone would like to try it out, the supplier/importer is Wine concepts of Maine.
Butternut squash ravioli with sage butter: wine pairing | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Your importer is going to make anywhere from $4 to $10 a bottle.
Why so few tasty American wines under $12? Wine importer Bobby Kacher | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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This documentation which we may request from an importer is based on a test group of 100 children of a specific age group having tested surrogate lighters (not with fuel) with specific designed ignition mechanisms – at least 85% of this test group of children must not be able to cause ignition of the surrogate lighters.
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Northern Italian wines are always tempting and this Vallarom Vallagarina Merlot looked interesting especially after I noticed the importer is local to western New York.
What We Drank 2009
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This documentation which we may request from an importer is based on a test group of 100 children of a specific age group having tested surrogate lighters (not with fuel) with specific designed ignition mechanisms – at least 85% of this test group of children must not be able to cause ignition of the surrogate lighters.
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At that point, we called the importer, T. Edward Wines of New York, which told us that winemaker Maria Luz Marin made just 500 cases of the 2007, of which 200 were imported into the U.S.
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Venezuela was in fact according to a study by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the largest Latin American importer of military equipment in 2007.
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At the time of Cromwell, England was the main importer of wood and iron from Sweden.
Sweden's Relationship with the British Empire and with Canada in Particular 1944
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The factory-owned private label importer (PLI) benefits everyone.
Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.com 2009
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Welcome to the resurrected supplier-owned private label importer sector.
Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.com 2009
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