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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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export

(Commerce)

a. (often plural) goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries

b. (as modifier): an export licence; export finance.

1. (Economics) to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries

2. (tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad

[C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry]

exˈportable adj

exˌportaˈbility n

exˈporter n

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ex•port

(v. ɪkˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrt, ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt; n., adj. ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt)

v.t.

1. to ship (commodities) to other countries.

2. to transmit abroad: exporting political ideologies.

3. Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another application program.

v.i.

4. to ship commodities to another country.

5. the act of exporting; exportation.

6. something, as a commodity, that is exported.

adj.

7. of or pertaining to the exportation of goods: export duties.

[1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, export]

ex•port′a•ble, adj.

ex•port′er, n.

export

Past participle: exported
Gerund: exporting

Imperative
export
export

Present
I export
you export
he/she/it exports
we export
you export
they export

Preterite
I exported
you exported
he/she/it exported
we exported
you exported
they exported

Present Continuous
I am exporting
you are exporting
he/she/it is exporting
we are exporting
you are exporting
they are exporting

Present Perfect
I have exported
you have exported
he/she/it has exported
we have exported
you have exported
they have exported

Past Continuous
I was exporting
you were exporting
he/she/it was exporting
we were exporting
you were exporting
they were exporting

Past Perfect
I had exported
you had exported
he/she/it had exported
we had exported
you had exported
they had exported

Future
I will export
you will export
he/she/it will export
we will export
you will export
they will export

Future Perfect
I will have exported
you will have exported
he/she/it will have exported
we will have exported
you will have exported
they will have exported

Future Continuous
I will be exporting
you will be exporting
he/she/it will be exporting
we will be exporting
you will be exporting
they will be exporting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been exporting
you have been exporting
he/she/it has been exporting
we have been exporting
you have been exporting
they have been exporting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been exporting
you will have been exporting
he/she/it will have been exporting
we will have been exporting
you will have been exporting
they will have been exporting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been exporting
you had been exporting
he/she/it had been exporting
we had been exporting
you had been exporting
they had been exporting

Conditional
I would export
you would export
he/she/it would export
we would export
you would export
they would export

Past Conditional
I would have exported
you would have exported
he/she/it would have exported
we would have exported
you would have exported
they would have exported

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Noun	1.	export - commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country exportation commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce import, importation - commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
Verb	1.	export - sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" smuggle - import or export without paying customs duties; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" import - bring in from abroad
	2.	export - transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" import - transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
	3.	export - cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa" spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

export

verb

1. sell abroad, market, ship, trade in, send abroad, sell overseas, send overseas The nation exports beef and coffee.

noun

1. foreign trade, international trade, overseas trade A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.

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Translations

تَصْديرصادِرصادِر،أحَد الصّادِراتيُصَدِّرُيُصَدِّرُ بِضاعَةً

vývozexportvyvážetvyvézt

eksporteksportereeksportartikel

Export exportieren ausführen Exportartikel Ausfuhr

εξαγωγή εξάγω εξαγωγικός

exportación exportar artículo de exportación

eksportimaviima

vientiviedäviedä maasta

exporter exportation

izvozitiizvestiizvoz

exportálexportcikk

flytja útútflutningsvaraútflutningur

esportare esportazione esporto merce di esportazione effettuare

輸出輸出する

수출수출하다

eksportaseksportavimaseksporto prekėeksportuotieksportuotojas

eksportēteksportpreceeksports

export exporteren

eksport eksportere utførsel eksportartikkel

eksport wyeksportować

exportação exportar

экспорт экспортный экспортировать

vyvážaťvývozný artikel

izvažatiizvoz

izvoziti

exporteraexport

การส่งออกส่งออก

ihraç etmek ihracatihraç malı

sự xuất khẩuxuất khẩu

出口出口物输出

export

[ˈekspɔːt]

A. N (= act) → exportación f; (= commodity) → artículo m de exportación
see also invisible

B. [eksˈpɔːt] VT → exportar

C. [ˈekspɔːt] CPD [market, goods, permit, licence] → de exportación
export credit N → crédito m a la exportación
export drive N → campaña f de exportación
export duty N → derechos mpl de exportación
export earnings N → ganancias fpl por exportación
export sales NPL → ventas fpl de exportación
export trade N → comercio m de exportación

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export

[ɪkˈspɔː^rt]

[+ product] → exporter; [+ values, culture] → exporter; [+ inflation] → exporter

(COMPUTING) → exporter

[ˈɛkspɔː^rt] n

(= product) → exportation f

(= sale abroad) → exportation f
for export → pour l'exportation

modif [market, earnings, subsidy] → d'exportation

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export

vt → exportieren (also Comput), → ausführen; countries which export oil → Öl exportierende Länder pl

vi → exportieren, ausführen; export or die → wer nicht exportiert, geht unter

vi → exportieren, ausführen

n → Export m, → Ausfuhr f; ban on exports → Exportverbot nt, → Ausfuhrverbot nt

adj attr → Export-, Ausfuhr-; export ban → Exportverbot nt, → Ausfuhrverbot nt

export

export director

n → Exportdirektor(in) m(f)

export drive

n → Exportkampagne f

export duty

n → Export- or Ausfuhrzoll m

export

export licence, (US) export license

n → Ausfuhrgenehmigung f, → Ausfuhrlizenz f, → Exportgenehmigung f

export manager

n → Exportleiter(in) m(f)

export permit

n → Ausfuhrerlaubnis f, → Exporterlaubnis f

export regulations

pl → Ausfuhrbestimmungen pl

export trade

n → Exporthandel m

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export

[n ˈɛkspɔːt; vb ɪksˈpɔːt]

1. n → esportazione f; (item) → merce f d'esportazione

2. vt → esportare

3. adj (goods, permit, duty) → d'esportazione

export

(ekˈspoːt) verb

to send (goods) to another country for sale. Jamaica exports bananas to Britain.

(ˈekspoːt) noun

1. the act or business of exporting. the export of rubber.

2. something which is exported. Paper is an important Swedish export.

ˌexporˈtation (ek-) noun

exˈporter noun

a person who exports goods. His father was a tobacco exporter.

export

→ صادِر, يُصَدِّرُ vyvážet, vývoz eksport, eksportere Export, exportieren εξάγω, εξαγωγή exportación, exportar viedä maasta, vienti exportation, exporter izvoz, izvoziti esportare, esportazione 輸出, 輸出する 수출, 수출하다 export, exporteren eksport, eksportere eksport, wyeksportować exportação, exportar экспорт, экспортировать export, exportera การส่งออก, ส่งออก ihraç etmek, ihracat sự xuất khẩu, xuất khẩu 出口

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They have authority to appoint and receive ambassadors; to execute treaties and alliances already formed; to provide for the collection of duties on imports and exports; to regulate the mint, with a saving to the provincial rights; to govern as sovereigns the dependent territories.

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There was an improving party assembled on the auspicious occasion, who knew what everything they had to eat and drink was made of, and how it was imported or exported, and in what quantities, and in what bottoms, whether native or foreign, and all about it.