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English Dictionary: exporting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exporting
n
  1. the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
    Synonym(s): exporting, exportation
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.
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