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importee

importee

9.5
A person brought into a country from another country to work
  • noun
  • /ˌɪm.pɔːrˈtiː/
  • Formal
translation icon : inmigrante
  • The government offered support to every importee who arrived in the country last year.

Examples

  • Many importees face language barriers when they start their new jobs in the country.

  • As an importee from the Philippines, she found it challenging to adapt to her new environment.

  • Naturalized Alzonans are no more or less ill-fitted for project living and eventual p42 suburbs than any other defense work importees.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

immigrant
vsimportee
768 2.5

A person who moves to another country to live there for a long time

is brought into the country especially for work rather than to settle
alien
vsimportee
  • Formal
201 3.3

A person from another country who is not a citizen where they live

is brought into the country for work or service not just foreign origin
migrant
vsimportee
181 3.5

A person who moves to another country or region to find work

is brought into the country by others rather than moving by choice
foreigner
vsimportee
170 2.5

A person from a different country who is not a citizen

is brought into the country especially for work rather than merely being from elsewhere
expatriate
vsimportee
19 6.2

A person who lives in a country that is not their own

is brought into the country for service rather than through long voluntary residence
expat
vsimportee
16 5.5

A person who lives in another country by choice

is brought into the country mainly for work rather than by choice
guestworker
vsimportee
6.4

A person from another country who has permission to work there for a short time

is brought into the country mainly for work rather than by short permits
transferee
vsimportee
  • Specialized
6.9

A person who moves from one job, school, or place to another

is brought into the country specifically from abroad for work or service
transmigrant
vsimportee
8.1

A person who moves to another region or country to live for a short time

is brought into the country for service rather than as a short stay

Surface Forms

importee singular
importees plural

Morphology

importee = import (transparent) = import + ee

The meaning is directly derived from 'import' + the agent/patient-marking suffix '-ee', indicating a person who is brought into the country.

Etymology

Importee comes from import ('to bring in') plus the ending -ee ('a person who receives'), the same ending you see in employee. So an importee is someone who has been brought into a country, often to work.