Ex*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exported; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex
out+portare to carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port
demeanor.] 1. To carry away; to remove.
[Obs.]
[They] export honor from a man, and make him a
return in envy.
Bacon.
2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a
country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or
commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import;
as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
Ex"port (?), n. 1.
The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the
export of wheat or tobacco.
2. That which is exported; a commodity
conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic;
-- used chiefly in the plural, exports.
The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two
places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their
exports and imports.
A. Smith.
