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to export

to export

84 3.1
To send goods or services to another country to sell
  • verb
  • /ˈɛkspɔrt/
translation icon : exportar
  • Most of the fish oil produced in the United States is exported to Western Europe.
  • export to other countries
  • export products
  • export goods

And I didn't look where it said exported to Finland, I think.

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Examples

  • A total of 23,917 tons of Lao coffee green beans were exported in 2014 (LCA 2014).

    Academic text (2017)
  • We make nothing, we export nothing.

  • The United States still exports 60 percent more to Mexico than to China.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Most of their production is exported to China to feed pigs.

  • They were in the business of exporting steel to China.

  • Then my father invested in a ship exporting grainstuffs to the West Indies.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The company plans to export organic fruits to international markets next year.

  • Many manufacturers in the region are beginning to export their products to Asia.

  • With the new trade agreement, we can export our technology to foreign countries more easily.

Synonyms

to ship
vsto export
347 1.1

To send goods to another place, often by truck, plane or boat

goes only to other countries for sale or trade

Antonyms

187 2.6

To bring goods into a country to sell or use

Compounds

A farm product sold to other countries

export credit
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A loan from a bank in the seller's country to help a buyer pay for goods sent to another country

export duty
  • Specialized
4.5

A tax a government charges on goods sent out of a country

How International

to globalize
  • US
4 5.4
to export
84 3.1
to sell
1.0

Surface Forms

export infinitive
exported past
exported past participle
exporting present participle
exports third person singular

Morphology

export = port (semi-transparent) = ex + port

While 'ex-' indicates 'out of' and 'port' refers to a place for loading goods, the specific meaning of sending goods overseas is not immediately clear.

Etymology

Export comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and portare 'to carry', the same root you see in transport. So to export goods is like 'carrying out' products from one country to sell in another.