IMPORT meaning: Bringing goods or services in

We found 51 dictionaries that define the word IMPORT:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

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Import (international trade), Import: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Import (m), Import: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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Art (1 matching dictionary)

ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)

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Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
Import: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
Import: Investopedia
Import (international trade), import: Legal dictionary
Import (international trade), import: Financial dictionary
Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)

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import: CCI Computer
Webopedia (No longer online)
Import (international trade), import: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Political (No longer online)
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

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Tech (6 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
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Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (import)

▸ noun:  (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The practice of importing.
▸ noun:  (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
▸ verb:  (transitive, computing) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To mean, signify.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Clipping of importance. [The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.]

Opposite:

export, expel, exclude, emit, eject

Types:

free trade, fair trade, protectionism, autarky, more...

Phrases:

of import, import substitution, import duties, import restrictions, import duty, more...

Adjectives:

full, great, serious, similar, true, general, real, practical, political, moral, total

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