EXPORTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exportation mean? 

• EXPORTATION (noun)
  The noun EXPORTATION has 2 senses:

1. commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

2. the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

  Familiarity information: EXPORTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPORTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

export; exportation

Hypernyms ("exportation" is a kind of...):

commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

Derivation:

export (sell or transfer abroad)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exportation; exporting

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)