reimport

English

Etymology

re- +‎ import.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

reimport (plural reimports)

1. The act or practice of importing again, or back to a place of origin; reimportation.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 266:

     It was these texts, translated yet again into Latin, which were the source of the reimport of swathes of lost Classical knowledge into Latin Europe in later centuries.

2. A product which has been reimported.

   The low price of reimports has placed competitive pressure on local producers.

Synonyms

• reimportation

Verb

reimport (third-person singular simple present reimports, present participle reimporting, simple past and past participle reimported)

1. To import again.

   We reimported the data in a different format.

2. To import goods which have previously been exported, particularly pharmaceutical products, back into the country of origin.

   Reimported drugs may not be as safe as domestic products.

Derived terms

• reimportation
• reimporter

Anagrams

• importer, promerit