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Imports vs Exports - What's the difference?

imports | exports |

As nouns the difference between imports and exports

is that imports is while exports is .

imports

English

Noun

(head)
    • This year's crop of imports will increase the trade deficit.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (import)
    • He imports Cuban cigars to the United States, which is illegal but profitable.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    exports

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (export)
    • ----

    export

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or relating to exportation or exports

    • Noun

    (wikipedia export)
  • (countable) something that is exported
    • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  • (uncountable) the act of exporting
    • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

    Synonyms

    * (the act of exporting ): exportation

    Antonyms

    * (something that is exported ): import * (the act of exporting ): import, importation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to carry away
  • * Francis Bacon
    • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  • to sell (goods) to a foreign country
    • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  • to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • (computing): to send (data) from one program to another
  • to put up (a child) for international adoption.

    • Synonyms

    * (to carry away ): remove

    Antonyms

    * (to sell (goods) to a foreign country ): import

    Derived terms

    * exportability * exportable * exportation * exporter