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exporter
Variant of export
export
definition
ex·port (ek spôrt′, ik-; also, and for n. & adj. always, eks′pôrt′)
transitive verb
- to carry or send (goods) to another country or other countries, esp. for purposes of sale
- to carry or send (ideas, culture, etc.) from one place to another
- Obsolete to carry off; transport
Etymology: L exportare < ex-, out + portare, to carry: see port
noun
- something exported
- the act or process of exporting
adjective
of or for exporting or exports
Related Forms:
- exportable ex·port′·able adjective
- exporter ex·port′er noun
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