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Word export
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈekspɔːt / NAmE / ˈekspɔːrt /
Example
  • a ban on the export of live cattle
  • then the fruit is packaged for export.
  • export earnings
  • an export licence
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export

(noun)BrE / ˈekspɔːt / NAmE / ˈekspɔːrt /
  1. the selling and transporting of goods to another country
    • a ban on the export of live cattle
    • Then the fruit is packaged for export.
    • export earnings
    • an export licence
  2. a product that is sold to another country
    • the country’s major exports
    • a fall in the value of exports

    Extra Examples

    • 89% of Mexican exports go to the US.
    • Coconut is one of the staple exports of the islands.
    • Coffee is the country’s biggest export.
    • Earnings from the sale of banking, insurance and other services to foreigners are described as ‘invisible exports’.
    • Exports totalled $10 billion in 2002.
    • Exports will total $30 billion by 2036.
    • In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion.
    • Oil exports account for nearly 80% of the country’s foreign earnings.
    • Oil exports have risen steadily.
    • Scottish exports destined for Western Europe
    • The US share of world exports has declined.
    • The industry has achieved record exports in the past year.
    • This is where the fruit is packaged for export.
    • We must stop the illegal export of live animals.
    • a call for tougher art export controls
    • a strong export performance
    • an export ban on live cattle
    • exports from the EU to Canada
    • exports of beef
    • how to win more export orders
    • lambs for live export
    • plans to restrict the export of arms to certain countries
    • the export drive by Japanese industry
    • the export of cattle
    • to place a ban on exports of toxic waste
    • yards where thousands of cars await export
    • the country’s major exports

    Word Origin

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