exporting, exportation
(noun) the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country
export, exportation
(noun) commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exportation (countable and uncountable, plural exportations)
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
The act of carrying something outside.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`por*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation.]
1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
2. Commodity exported; an export.
3. The act of carrying out. [R.] Bourne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
