Definition of "export" []

• To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale. (verb-transitive)
• To cause the spread of (an idea, for example) in another part of the world; transmit. (verb-transitive)
• Computer Science To send (data) from one program to another: "You'll need to export your spreadsheet file into a desktop publishing program” ( Jon Pepper). (verb-transitive)
• Computer Science To use an application to store (data) on disk, usually for use by another program. (verb-transitive)
• To send or transport abroad merchandise, especially for sale or trade. (verb-intransitive)

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.

• "You see, the People's Democratic Republic of Oversees, led by His Imperial Overseer, has many fine exports, but their main export is fruitbaskets made from a special CO2 emitting material."
• "Continue to prevaricate and pretend you don't yet support a plan to kill more soldiers for many years to come in a Third World country whose major export is 90% of the world's opium supply."
• "He also said that the government is likely to clear a long-term export contract for iron-ore with Japan in the next 10 to 15 days."