Exporting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exporting
       n : the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a
           foreign country [syn: {exportation}]