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import noun ( BRINGING IN )

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Definition

[C] goods bought by one country from another
restrictions on foreign imports
[U] (also importation) the action of bringing goods or fashions into a country
the illegal importation of drugs
an import licence
import duties

(Definition of import noun (BRINGING IN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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