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importing

importing

1 2.8
Bringing goods into a country to sell
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
translation icon : importación
  • The process of importing often involves complex regulations and paperwork.
  • Importing Company

Now Dubai's restrictions on your imports, imports of food, holy smokes.

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Examples

  • "Importing" is a little misleading, as files aren't actually embedded within the editor.

    Blog text (15)
  • In the harbor near downtown, employees of the Di Giorgio Importing and Steamship Company decked out their ships in colors appropriate to the celebration.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Go to Ajax Importing Company, 122 Doyle Street.

  • Ajax Importing Company, 122 Doyle Street.

  • Past columns have been about Photoshop; they fall into four groups: Importing Images, Image Evaluation, Image Optimization, and Image Output.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Ajax Importing Company, 122 Doyle Street, 122 Doyle Street.

  • By 1909, the Di Giorgios managed some of the most important businesses on Baltimore's waterfront, including the Atlantic Fruit Company and the Di Giorgio Importing and Steamship Company.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Importing goods from other countries helps to diversify the local market.

  • Companies specializing in importing must understand international trade laws.

Synonyms

importation
vsimporting
11 3.6

Bringing goods or services from another country to sell

is the act or process focused only on the action, not the resulting goods

Antonyms

8 2.7

Selling goods to other countries so people there can buy them

How Much

importing
1 2.8
to import
  • Specialized
21 3.7

Surface Forms

importing singular
importings plural

Morphology

importing = import (transparent) = import + ing

A standard gerund/nominalization (-ing) of the verb 'import' denoting the act or process, directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Importing comes from Latin parts im- ('in' or 'into') and portare ('to carry'), the same root you see in transport and port. Picture traders carrying goods 'into' a country or into a port, so importing means bringing goods or services into a country for sale.