importer
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- noun
- /ɪmˈpɔːrtər/
:
importador
- The Dominican Republic has been a heavy importer of television programming, at least in 1973 and 1983.
- net importer
- oil importer
- largest importer
Short of dollars, the central bank began adding restrictions on importers.
- Short of dollars, the central bank began adding restrictions on importers.
- And then Children says, I'll follow your advice now I will leave to visit the importer.
- So Soccer has pretended they were the importers, right?
- The boss was a former plastic surgeon from Milan turned low end electronics importer.
- China is, of course, the world's largest commodity importer, so this situation might sound like it would work for them.
- And so if the dollar shifts wildly, it has a recourse for those countries who are big importers.
- It's Chef Polar Valdez and next, she's the founder of Wind Coffee Supply, America's first specialty Vietnamese coffee importer and roaster.
- Then the oil shock hit suddenly, and Japan was the largest oil importer in the world at the time.
Examples
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China is, of course, the world's largest commodity importer, so this situation might sound like it would work for them.
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Of Cuba's hard currency trading partners, Canada is the largest importer of Cuban products and the fourth largest exporter.
Academic text (1994) -
Then the oil shock hit suddenly, and Japan was the largest oil importer in the world at the time.
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Poland is currently a net importer of gas.
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My father is an importer, not a metalworker.
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As the biggest consumer goods importer in the US and largest part of the global auto supply chain, China will still be a great influence on this.
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Most small Latin American nations, such as the Dominican Republic, remain net importers of television programs.
Academic text (1991) -
When the value of the dollar rose in 1983, Swedish importers responded by purchasing crawfish produced in Turkey.
Academic text (2013) -
During the late 1970s, a weak dollar led Swedish importers to purchase 500,000 pounds of crawfish from California annually.
Academic text (2013) -
As an international importer, my company brings a variety of electronics into the country for resale.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word importer comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and portare 'to carry', the same root you find in port and transport. So an importer is someone who 'carries in' goods from another country, which is why the word means a person or company that brings goods into a country.