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1. The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
   - importation

1. Bring in from abroad
    
2. (computing) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
    
3. Indicate or signify
   - spell

Type of: commerce, commercialism, intend, mean, mercantilism, merchandise, merchandize, trade, transfer

Antonym: export

Encyclopedia: Importing