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Noun: importing  `im'porting
  1. The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
    - importation
Verb: import  im'port
  1. Bring in from abroad
     
  2. Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
     
  3. Indicate or signify
    - spell

See also: importation, importee, importer

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

Antonym: export

Encyclopedia: Import

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