Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Export \Ex*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exported}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Exporting}.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to
carry : cf. F. exporter. See {Port} demeanor.]
1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]
[They] export honor from a man, and make him a
return in envy. --Bacon.
2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially
to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the
way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export
grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
Source : WordNet®
exporting
n : the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a
foreign country [syn: {exportation}]