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ImportImport Im*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb.
n. Importing.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to
cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through
F. importer, from the Latin. See Port demeanor.]
1. 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 Brasil, etc.
2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to
signify.
Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a
multitude of speakers together. --Hooker.
3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing
on; to concern.
I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak.
If I endure it, what imports it you? --Dryden.
Syn: To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken;
interest; concern. Import
Import Im*port", v. i.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment. ``For that . . .
importeth to the work.' --Bacon.
Import
Import Im"port, n.
1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from
without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural,
opposed to exports.
I take the imports from, and not the exports to,
these conquests, as the measure of these advantages
which we derived from them. --Burke.
2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its
signification or intention or interpretation of a word,
action, event, and the like.
3. Importance; weight; consequence.
Most serious design, and the great import. --Shak.
Meaning of Import from wikipedia
- An
importer is the
receiving country in an
export from the
sending country.
Importation and
exportation are the
defining financial transactions of international...
- or by a
supranational union on
imports or
exports of goods.
Besides being a
source of
revenue for the government,
import duties can also be a form of regulation...
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import in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Import is the act of
bringing goods into a country.
Import may also
refer to:
import and
export of...
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Import substitution industrialization (ISI) is a
trade and
economic policy that
advocates replacing foreign imports with
domestic production. It is based...
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import-export in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Import and
export or
import/export may
refer to:
Import and
export of
goods International trade...
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Static import is a
feature introduced in the Java
programming language that
allows members (fields and methods)
which have been
scoped within their container...
- into a
country in a
given period of time. An
import embargo or
import ban is
essentially a zero-level
import quota. Quotas, like
other trade restrictions...
- The
import scene, also
known as the
import racing scene or
tuner scene, is a
subculture of
modifying mostly ****anese-
import cars,
particularly in the...
- This is a list of
countries by
imports,
based on the
International Trade Centre,
except for the
European Union. List of
countries by
exports List of countries...
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economic policy of
restricting imports from
other countries through methods such as
tariffs on
imported goods,
import quotas, and a
variety of
other government...