Definitions for: Importation

[n] the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
[n] commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

Webster (1913) Definition: Im`por*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. importation. See
Import, v. t.]
1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [R.]

2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a
country or state; -- opposed to exportation.

3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced
into a country from abroad.

Synonyms: import, importing

Antonyms: export, exportation

See Also: commerce, commercialism, commodity, goods, mercantilism, smuggling, trade goods

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