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Export

/ˈɛk.spɔːrt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A commodity, article, or service sent to another country for sale.

    "Electronic goods are the country's primary export."
As verb
  1. 1

    To send goods or services to another country for sale.

    "The company plans to export its software products to global markets next year."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'exportare', composed of 'ex-' meaning 'out of' and 'portare' meaning 'to carry'. Entering the English language in the late 14th century, the term initially referred to the physical shipping of goods across national boundaries and has since expanded into computing and digital media contexts to denote saving or transferring data into a specific format.

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