verb · B1

Export

ik-SPORT/ɪkˈspɔːt/

To export is to sell goods abroad. The noun export (stress on the first syllable) is those goods or that trade. Import is the opposite. Tariff (already in the dictionary) taxes exports and imports. Do not mix with extract. Factories export components to Germany.

Meaning

To sell goods to another country; as a noun /ˈekspɔːt/, those goods or that trade.

Examples

“The factory exports components to plants in Germany.”
“Oil is a major export, which is the noun.”

Good to know

export goods to. Noun: an export / exports. Opposite: import. Stress: verb ɪkˈspɔːt; noun ˈekspɔːt. Trade news. Mix-up: extract.

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