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English Dictionary: Export by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
export
n
  1. commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
    Synonym(s): export, exportation
    Antonym(s): import, importation
v
  1. sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"
    Antonym(s): import
  2. transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs
    Antonym(s): import
  3. cause to spread in another part of the world; "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Export \Ex*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exported}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Exporting}.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
      carry : cf. F. exporter. See {Port} demeanor.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Export \Ex"port\, n.
      1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
            export of wheat or tobacco.
  
      2. 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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Export, PA (borough, FIPS 24432)
      Location: 40.41869 N, 79.62495 W
      Population (1990): 981 (504 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15632
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