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   export

   verb

   • 1. send (goods or services) to another country for sale: "nearly all the bananas produced were exported to Britain" Similar sell overseas/abroadmarket overseas/abroadsend overseas/abroadtrade internationallytransportOpposite import
   • ▪ spread or introduce (ideas and beliefs) to another country: "the Greeks exported Hellenic culture around the Mediterranean basin" Similar transmitspreaddisseminatecirculatecommunicatepass onput aboutconveyliterary:bruit about/abroad
   • ▪ transfer (data) in a format that can be used by other programs: "the information can be exported to a database"

   noun

   • 1. a product or service sold abroad: "wool and mohair were the principal exports"
   • ▪ sales of goods or services abroad, or the revenue from such sales: "meat exports"
   • ▪ the selling and sending out of goods or services to other countries: "the export of Western technology"
   • ▪ of a high standard suitable for export: "export ales"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘take away’): from Latin exportare, from ex- ‘out’ + portare ‘carry’. Current senses date from the 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exportability noun
   • 2. exportable adjective
   • 3. exportation noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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     1

   • X

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   • P

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   • O

     1

   • R

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