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importation

importation

11 3.6
Bringing goods or services from another country to sell
  • noun
  • /ˌɪmpɔːrˈteɪʃən/
translation icon : importación
  • In July, Thailand's Commerce Ministry approved the importation of 10,000 tons of high-quality fish meal to stabilize the market.
  • importation of goods
  • importation of products
  • importation of food

They control a large part of cocaine importation into Europe, along with arms dealing, extortion and cross-border money laundering.

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Examples

  • Nonetheless, there were additional cultural factors promoting the importation of this American entertainment form into Britain.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Some individuals oppose both the imperial system and the importation of foreign rice.

    Academic text (1991)
  • What I want to do is sell their gifts to the West through an importation business.

  • Weak protection abroad can mean weak protection at home if barriers to importation are removed.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Vito got 16 years for the importation and distribution of narcotics.

  • Faced with a labor shortage, planters requested the importation of cheap labor from India.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In 1961, for example, Chile banned the importation of Peruvian pisco.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Joe Kennedy made a lot of money in the liquor industry when he gained evidently inside information about the end of prohibition, and got a lock on the importation of Scotch from the British Isles.

  • As a Republican protectionist, McKinley understood that substantial tariffs prevented the importation of many international goods because it made doing business in the U.S. too expensive for many foreigners.

  • The USDA requires permits for the importation of plants into the United States.

Synonyms

import
vsimportation
219 2.7

A thing brought from another country to sell or use

also covers the action of bringing those items into the country
importing
vsimportation
1 2.8

Bringing goods into a country to sell

includes both the act and the goods brought in

How Large

importation
11 3.6
shipment
231 2.3
consignment
  • Specialized
5 5.6

Surface Forms

importation singular
importations plural

Morphology

importation = import (transparent) = import + ation

Formed by the regular nominalizing suffix '-ation' on the verb 'import', yielding 'the act or result of importing', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Importation comes from import, which is built from im- meaning 'into' and port meaning 'carry', the same root you see in transport and portable. So importation is like 'carrying into' a country — bringing goods or services in for sale.