| Pronunciation: | | `impowr'teyshun
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- [n] the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
- [n] commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
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| | Synonyms: | | import, importing |
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| | Antonyms: | | export, exportation |
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| | See Also: | | commerce, commercialism, commodity, goods, mercantilism, smuggling, trade goods |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im`por*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. importation. See
{Import}, v. t.]
1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [R.]
2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a
country or state; -- opposed to exportation.
3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced
into a country from abroad.
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