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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



15 words match “EXPORTATION”

EXPORTATION n. 3 definitions
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
NONEXPORTATION n.
A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
REEXPORTATION n.
The act of reëxporting, or of exporting an import. A. Smith.
ANCHOVY n.
y (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
BILL n.
, 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…
CONTRABAND n.
Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
DRAWBACK n.
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
DUTY n.
r customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
EXPORT n.
The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
EXPORTABILITY n.
The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.
EXPORTABLE a.
Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
IMPORTATION n.
The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.
LEGHORN n.
f wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
MONEYED adv.
Converted into money; coined. If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed. Locke.
STAPLE n.
tled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic. The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade. Arbuthnot. For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Wo…