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im·port
(ĭm-pôrt′, ĭm′pôrt′)tr.v. im·port·ed, im·port·ing, im·ports
1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
2. Computers To receive (data) into one program from another.
3.
a. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify: had trouble understanding what the strange word imported.
b. To express or make known: the news imported by their letter.
c. To betoken or indicate: a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer.
n. (ĭm′pôrt′)
1. Something imported: levied a tax on imports from overseas.
2. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials.
3. Meaning; signification: The import of his statement is ambiguous.
4. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.
[Middle English importen, to convey a meaning, from Medieval Latin importāre and from Old French importer, to cause, both from Latin importāre, to carry in, cause : in-, in; see in-2 + portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
im·port′a·bil′i·ty n.
im·port′a·ble adj.
im·port′er n.
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| Noun | 1. | importer - someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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import
(imˈpoːt) verb to bring in (goods etc) from abroad usually for sale. We import wine from France.importar
(ˈimpoːt) noun1. something which is imported from abroad. Our imports are greater than our exports.importación
2. the act of bringing in goods from abroad. the import of wine.importación
ˌimporˈtation nounimˈporter nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.