EXPORT

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To carry away; to remove. [Obs.] [They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. Bacon.

2.
v.

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.

3.
n.

The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.

4.
n.

That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports. The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.