exporting
    n 1: the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a
         foreign country [syn: exporting, exportation]

Export \Ex*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
   carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.]
   1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]
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            [They] export honor from a man, and make him a
            return in envy.                       --Bacon.
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   2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially
      to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the
      way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export
      grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
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