export
verb /ɪkˈspɔːt/
/ˈek.spɔːrt/ Definition
B2 [I or T] to send goods to another country for sale: French cheeses are exported to many different countries. Our clothes sell so well in this country that we have no need to export. → Compare import verbSelling › [T] to put something from one country into use in other countries: American culture has been exported all over the world.Starting and beginningStarting again › [T] If you export information from a computer, you copy a large amount of it to a different part of the computer's memory or to another device.Operating computers exportable /-ˈspɔː.tə.bl̩/
/-ˈspɔːr.t̬ə.bl̩/ adjective › The value of the new television technology to the company is that it is highly exportable (= can be sold in other countries).Selling exportation /ˌek.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/
/-spɔːr-/ noun [U] › These crates have been packed for exportation (= to be sent for sale in other countries).Selling
/-ˈspɔːr.t̬ə.bl̩/ adjective › The value of the new television technology to the company is that it is highly exportable (= can be sold in other countries).Selling exportation /ˌek.spɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/
/-spɔːr-/ noun [U] › These crates have been packed for exportation (= to be sent for sale in other countries).Selling(Definition of export verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- auction verb
- bundle verb (SELL TOGETHER)
- concession noun (RIGHT)
- divest verb
- flog verb (SELL)
- franchise verb
- ply verb (WORK)
- privatize verb
- purvey verb
- realizable adjective (MONEY)
- realization noun (MONEY)
- realize verb (MONEY)
- sell sth off phrasal verb
- sellout noun (ALL SOLD)
- shift verb (GET RID OF)
- soft sell noun
- sold verb
- sting verb (CHARGE)
- supersize verb
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