export

5 definitions found

export - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Export \Ex*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
     carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.]
     1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]
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              [They] export honor from a man, and make him a
              return in envy.                       --Bacon.
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     2. 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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  Export \Ex"port\, n.
     1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
        export of wheat or tobacco.
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     2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one
        country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used
        chiefly in the plural, exports.
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              The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two
              places must likewise be an indication of the
              ordinary course of their exports and imports. --A.
                                                    Smith.
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export - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  export
      n 1: commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
           [syn: export, exportation] [ant: import,
           importation]
      v 1: sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and
           have a negative trade balance" [ant: import]
      2: transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a
         format that can be used by other programs [ant: import]
      3: cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians
         exported Marxism to Africa"

export - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Export, PA (borough, FIPS 24432)
    Location: 40.41869 N, 79.62495 W
    Population (1990): 981 (504 housing units)
    Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15632

export - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "export":
     air-express, airfreight, airmail, assign, carry over, communicate,
     communication, conduction, consign, contagion, convection, deliver,
     delivery, deport, deportation, diapedesis, diffuse, diffusion,
     dispatch, disseminate, dissemination, drop a letter, embark,
     expedite, expel, exportation, exporting, express, expulsion,
     extradite, extradition, forward, freight, hand forward, hand on,
     hand over, impart, import, importation, interchange, mail,
     make over, metastasis, metastasize, metathesis, metathesize,
     metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis, pass, pass on,
     pass over, pass the buck, passage, passing over, perfuse,
     perfusion, post, relay, remit, send, send abroad, send away,
     send forth, send off, ship, spread, spreading, switch,
     transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transfer property,
     transference, transfuse, transfusion, transit, transition,
     translate, translation, translocate, translocation, transmigration,
     transmigration of souls, transmission, transmit, transmittal,
     transmittance, transplace, transplacement, transplant,
     transplantation, transposal, transpose, transposition, travel,
     turn over