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Definition of "exportation" []

  • The act of exporting. (noun)
  • Something exported; an export. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "exportation" in a sentence
  • "It was very big on helping Non-Mexican residents find a Mexican artist to sponser in exportation of their wares."
  • "In fact, all evidence suggests that the exportation was a straightforward affair conducted in the open and actively facilitated by the Brazilian authorities in Belém."
  • "Not only is a large proportion of the agricultural community pecuniarily interested in the production of this article, but the exportation is the chief cause of the commercial prosperity of a city, which, in point of population, ranks third in the kingdom."