To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; - opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brazil, etc.
To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; - generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
Importance; weight; consequence.
To carry away; to remove.
To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; - the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; - used chiefly in the plural, exports.
