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ex·port
(ĭk-spôrt′, ĕk′spôrt′)v. ex·port·ed, ex·port·ing, ex·ports
v.tr.
1. To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale.
2. To cause the spread of (an idea, for example) in another part of the world; transmit.
3. Computers
a. To send (data) from one program to another: "You'll need to export your spreadsheet file into a desktop publishing program" (Jon Pepper).
b. To use an application to store (data) on disk, usually for use by another program.
v.intr.
To send or transport abroad merchandise, especially for sale or trade.
n. (ĕk′spôrt′)
Exportation.
[Middle English exsport, from Latin exportāre : ex-, ex- + portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·port′a·bil′i·ty n.
ex·port′a·ble adj.
ex·port′er n.
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Noun | 1. | exporter - a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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exporter
noun seller, agent, trader, shipper, international trader, foreign trader, overseas trader the world's second-biggest exporter of agricultural products
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Translations
مُصَدِّر
eksportør
exportõr
útflytjandi
vývozca
izvoznik
ihracatcı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
exporter
[ˈɛkspɔːrtər ɪkˈspɔːrtər] n [product] → exportateur marms exporters → exportateurs mpl d'armesexport licence n → licence f d'exportation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ɪksˈpɔːtəʳ] n → esportatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
export
(ekˈspoːt) verb to send (goods) to another country for sale. Jamaica exports bananas to Britain.
(ˈekspoːt) noun1. the act or business of exporting. the export of rubber.
2. something which is exported. Paper is an important Swedish export.
ˌexporˈtation (ek-) nounexˈporter noun
a person who exports goods. His father was a tobacco exporter.
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