Meaning & use
export
To send goods or services to another country for sale.
See it in a sentence
The country exports most of its coffee to Europe and North America.
The factory began to export machinery parts once overseas demand grew.
A note on using this word
As a verb, export is stressed on the second syllable; as the related noun, it is stressed on the first.
Words with a similar meaning
shipsell abroad
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. noun
A good or service sold and sent to another country.
Wine is one of the region's most valuable exports.
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