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EXPORTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exportation mean?
• EXPORTATION (noun)
The noun EXPORTATION has 2 senses:
1. commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
2. the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
Familiarity information: EXPORTATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
export; exportation
Hypernyms ("exportation" is a kind of...):
commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)
Derivation:
export (sell or transfer abroad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
exportation; exporting
Hypernyms ("exportation" is a kind of...):
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Derivation:
export (sell or transfer abroad)
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