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Webster 1913 Edition
Export
Ex-port′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exported
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exporting
.] 1.
To carry away; to remove.
[Obs.]
[They]
export
honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. Bacon.
2.
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.Ex′port
,Noun.
1.
The act of exporting; exportation;
as, to prohibit the
. export
of wheat or tobacco2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Export
EXPO'RT
,Verb.
T.
To carry out; but appropriately, and perhaps exclusively, to convey or transport, in traffic, produce and goods from one country to another, or from one state or jurisdiction to another, either by water or land. We export wares and merchandize from the United States to Europe. The Northern States export manufactures to South Carolina and Georgia. Goods are exported from Persia to Syria and Egypt on camels.