export
pronunciation
How to pronounce export in British English:
UK [ɪkˈspɔːt , ˈekspɔːt]
How to pronounce export in American English:
US [ɪkˈspɔːrt , ˈekspɔːrt]
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- Noun:
- commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
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- Verb:
- sell or transfer abroad
- cause to spread in another part of the world
Word Origin
- export
- export: see port
- export (v.)
- by 1610s, "carrying out of a place;" perhaps from late 15c., from Latin exportare "to carry out, bring out; send away, export," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + portare "carry" (see port (n.1)). The sense of "send out (commodities) from one country to another" is first recorded in English 1660s. Related: Exported; exporting; exporter.
- export (n.)
- 1680s, from export (v.).
Example
- 1. Germany is its main export market .
- 2. The export of people somewhat curbed population growth .
- 3. Beyond oil , iraq does not export much of anything .
- 4. You can export post2blog files and settings to any portable device as well .
- 5. Iron ore for steel is set to overtake coal as resource-rich australia 's top export .