exportation

English

Etymology

export +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exportation (countable and uncountable, plural exportations)

1. (business, economics) The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
2. (import/export) The commodity exported; an export.
3. (obsolete) The act of carrying something away or out from a place.
4. (logic) Either the logical law $((P\land Q)\to R)\Rightarrow (P\to (Q\to R))$, or the rule of replacement $((P\land Q)\to R)\Leftrightarrow (P\to (Q\to R))$.

Translations

the act of exporting

• Latin: exportātiō f

French

Etymology

From Latin exportātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

exportation f (plural exportations)

1. exportation, export

Related terms

• exporter

Further reading

• “exportation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.