noun / verb

export

ek-SPORT/ˈɛkspɔrt/

To send goods or services out to another country.

The truck exports oranges from Canada across the border into the United States.

A truck carrying commercial pallets of oranges crosses an international border from Canada into the United States, making the movement of sale goods between countries visible without explanatory text.

Etymology

The pieces mean “carry out.” This general idea narrowed to carrying commodities out of one country to another for sale, the basis of the modern commercial sense.

In context

The Scottish Parliament49:50

those certificates are then used to give confidence when you export it to other countries. Often, you will batch test the product when it is manufactured in the UK

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee - 8 February 2024

More examples

The firm exports consulting services to clients in Canada.
Most of this coffee is grown for export.
Cars are one of the country's largest exports.

Forms

export · exports · exported · exporting

exporter noun — A person or business that sells abroad.

exportation noun — The act of sending goods abroad.

Similar words

ship: Focuses on transporting goods, whether domestically or across borders.
send: Means moving something elsewhere, without requiring international trade.