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

The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.

Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

To export again, as what has been imported.

The act of reëxporting, or of exporting an import. A. Smith.

y (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

alance. -- Balance of trade (Pol. Econ.), an equilibrium between the money values of the exports and imports of a country; or more commonly, the amount required on one side or the other to make such an equilibrium. -- Balance valve, a valve whose surfaces are so arranged that the fluid pressure tending to seat, and t…

, a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation. -- Bill of exceptions. See under Exception. -- Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay to some person designated a certain sum of money the…

An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.

An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [Eng.]

Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill.

sh. -- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.

mes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied. M

grass. See Equisetum. -- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.