importing
- noun
- /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
- The process of importing often involves complex regulations and paperwork.
- Importing Company
Now Dubai's restrictions on your imports, imports of food, holy smokes.
- Now Dubai's restrictions on your imports, imports of food, holy smokes.
- Yeah, because who's in charge of importing all this shit?
- Another option for Western countries would be to ratchet down oil imports rather than halting them completely.
- So we started to rely on importing food for the first time and we started outsource that concept.
- Now, while there had been an increase in imports of manufactured goods, manufactured exports were rising even faster.
- Every part of our travel system, our air cargo, our imports and exports, every part of it has been reviewed and looked at.
Examples
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"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.
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Ajax Importing Company, 122 Doyle Street.
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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.
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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.
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Companies specializing in importing must understand international trade laws.
Synonyms
Bringing goods or services from another country to sell
Antonyms
How Much
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Surface Forms
Morphology
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.