importation
im·por·ta·tion (im′pôr tā′s̸hən)
noun
- an importing or being imported
- something imported
importation
n.
Preposition: of
- foodstuff: Further advice and information relating to the importation of foodstuffs can be found on the FSA website.
- slave: In the late Colonial Period, the importation of African slaves introduced African elements into Latin American music.
- corn: And moreover the effect of the importation of corn is set aside.
- beef: A recent example of this was the WTO's ruling against the EU ban on the importation of beef produced with growth hormones.
- cigarette: The importation of cigarettes without the payment of duty is astonishingly widespread [ 1 ] .
- asbestos: The use, supply and importation of asbestos and asbestos products has largely been banned in the UK.
Converse of object
- prohibit: The US already prohibits the importation of seal products.
- forbid: Norway also forbids the importation of fireworks, guns, drugs and potatoes.
- ban: We are calling on the Scottish Parliament to ban the importation into Scotland of puppies from puppy farms in Ireland.
- govern: At the time of writing, the precise legal rules that govern parallel importation within the EEA are still being written by the Courts.
- restrict: Ostensibly these were designed to restrict importation of foreign luxury materials to protect English industry.
- regulate: Marking foreign meat would probably keep the price of home produce at a level rather than lower it and regulate importation.
Adjective modifier
- illegal: Thursday 2 July 1970 Neil Blaney was found not guilty of illegal arms importation by a Dublin jury.
- wholesale: Adopting rod licenses would not require the wholesale importation of the E&W model.
- parallel: At the time of writing, the precise legal rules that govern parallel importation within the EEA are still being written by the Courts.
- temporary: Tariff: The Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom TI relief: Temporary Importation.
- direct: The direct importation of slaves was prohibited by the Georgia Constitution in 1798.
- free: In 1799, the same course was pursued, and free importation allowed.
Modifies a noun
- ban: However the CD proposes that the importation ban be limited to asbestos products where the asbestos has been intentionally added.
Noun used with modifier
- drug: We conduct some of the most serious and complex cases that come before the courts: from drug importation to tax fraud.
It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to makethantobuy.Thetaylordoesnot attempttomakehis ownshoeAll ofthemfind itfor their interestto employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours and to purchase with a part of its producewhatever else they have occasion for What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and burgundy in Scotland?
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