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EXPORTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
Synonyms:
exportation; exporting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exportation" is a kind of...):
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Derivation:
export (sell or transfer abroad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Synonyms:
export; exportation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("exportation" is a kind of...):
commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)
Derivation:
export (sell or transfer abroad)