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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·port
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin exportare, from ex- + portare to carry — more at fare DATE 15th century transitive verb 1. to carry away : remove 2. to carry or send (as a commodity) to some other place (as another country) intransitive verb : to export something abroad
DATE 1671 1. something exported; specifically : a commodity conveyed from one country or region to another for purposes of trade 2. the act of exporting : exportation the export of wheat
DATE 1795 : of or relating to exportation or exports export duties English Etymology export export (v.) c.1485, from L. exportare, from ex- "away" + portare"carry" (see port (1)).The sense of "send out (commodities) from one country to another" is first recorded in Eng. 1665. The n. is from 1690. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ export ex·port verb/ ik5spC:t; NAmE ik5spC:rt / 1. ~ (sth) (to sb) to sell and send goods to another country 出口；输出: ▪ [VN] The islands export sugar and fruit. 这些岛屿出口糖和水果。 90% of the engines are exported to Europe. 90% 的发动机都出口到欧洲。 ▪ [also V] 2. [VN] to introduce an idea or activity to another country or area 传播,输出(思想或活动): American pop music has been exported around the world. 美国流行音乐已传播到世界各地。 3. [VN] (computing 计) to send data to another program, changing its form so that the other program can read it 输出；移出；调出 OPP import noun/ 5ekspC:t; NAmE 5ekspC:rt / 1. [U] the selling and transporting of goods to another country 出口；输出: a ban on the export of live cattle 禁止活牛出口 Then the fruit is packaged for export. 然后水果便包装出口。 export earnings 出口收益 an export licence 出口许可证 2. [C, usually pl.] a product that is sold to another country 出口产品；输出品: the country's major exports 该国的主要出口产品 a fall in the value of exports 出口产品值的下跌 OPP import Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English export noun ADJ. important, main, major, principal, staple Coconut is one of the staple exports of the islands. | record The industry has achieved record exports in the past year. | total In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion. | British, US, etc. | world The US share of world exports has declined. | illegal, illicit stopping the illegal export of live animals | live lambs for live export | invisible Earnings from the sale of banking, insurance and other services to foreigners are described as ‘invisible exports’. | capital, commodity | agricultural, industrial, manufactured, manufacturing | arms, art, banana, beef, coal, coffee, food, grain, oil, timber, etc. QUANT. level, value, volume VERB + EXPORT boost, encourage, expand, increase, promote | reduce, restrict plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries | allow | ban, prohibit | achieve | prevent, stop | await yards where thousands of cars await export EXPORT + VERB grow, increase, rise Oil exports have risen steadily. | drop, fall | be valued at sth, total sth Exports totalled $10 billion in 2002. | account for sth Oil exports account for nearly 80% of the country's foreign earnings. | be destined for sth Scottish exports destined for Western Europe EXPORT + NOUN crop, goods | business, industry, trade | market, sector | earnings, revenue, sales | figures, performance a strong export performance | growth | controls, licence, quota, restrictions a call for tougher art export controls | ban an export ban on live cattle | drive the export drive by Japanese industry | order how to win more export orders PREP. for ~ This is where the fruit is packaged for export. | ~ from exports from the EU to Canada | ~ to PHRASES a ban on exports to place a ban on exports of toxic waste | a decline/fall in exports, an increase/a rise in exports • Note at PER CENT (for more verbs) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: oriental export porcelain , or export duty , or chinese export porcelain , or export bar , or export credit , or export point , or export tax , or gold export point ex·port I. \(ˈ)ek|spō(ə)r]t, ikˈs-, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin exportare, from ex- ex- (I) + portare to carry — more at port transitive verb 1. : to carry away : remove < only the finer debris is exported by wind — Arthur Holmes > < the blood … exports waste products from the tissues — W.E.Swinton > 2. a. : to carry or send (a commodity) to some other country or place— opposed to import b. : to transmit or cause the spread of (as an idea or institution) to another part of the world < unable to export its democratic faith to … other nations — A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 > < we cannot even export freedom — F.L.Schuman > intransitive verb : to export something abroad < the United States exports to many foreign countries > II. \ˈekˌs-\ noun (-s) 1. : something that is exported; specifically : a commodity conveyed from one country or region to another for purposes of trade 2. : an act of exporting : exportation < the export of wheat or tobacco > III. adjective Etymology: export (II) : of, relating to, or concerned with exportation or exports < an export duty > < the export trade > : suitable or designed for exportation < an export crop > |
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