Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EXPORTATION
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
Noun
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
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