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exportation

exportation

2 3.2
Sending goods to another country to sell them
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkspɔrˈteɪʃən/
translation icon : exportación
  • Should Utah sign an agreement with Nevada on the exportation of water to Las Vegas?
  • exportation or importation
  • oil exportation
  • exportation laws

Examples

  • Though temporarily barred from oil exportation, Iraq still owns the world's second largest oil reserves.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Even though each country views the exportation of pisco as a means of agricultural development, cultural and historical animosity drives their trade dispute.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There has been more oil production and exportation than before.

  • So much for the President's new claim regarding increasing the exportation of vehicles.

    Blog text (24)
  • The rise of sustainable development also reflects generally the success of the exportation of Western ideology.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Next, the language regarding the exemption for exportation of materials intended for recycling should be strengthened.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In Iran, for instance, traditional agriculture, in part, has been replaced by semi-mechanized production aimed at the exportation of cash crops.

    Academic text (1993)
  • India does not ban their exportation, but the law does restrict the thickness of wood products that may be exported.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The imported fruits have all the privileges, while the fruits of our own province face difficulties in exportation.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The exportation of technology has helped boost the economies of developing countries.

Synonyms

exporting
vsexportation
8 2.7

Selling goods to other countries so people there can buy them

is the formal noun form used for the same business action

Antonyms

11 3.6

Bringing goods or services from another country to sell

Surface Forms

exportation singular
exportations plural

Morphology

exportation = export (transparent) = export + ation

The noun is formed by the regular verb-to-noun suffix '-ation' from the verb 'export', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Exportation comes from the parts ex- 'out' and port 'to carry', the same root you see in transport and portable. So exportation is the act of 'carrying out' goods to other countries to sell.