Meaning & use

export

verb·Academic

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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