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Import

Ih-MPAWRT

/ˌɪˈmpɔːrt/

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import

Dictionary meaning

Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country.

Examples

  • The lead role was played by an import from Sweden.
  • In order to update the website, we had to import all of the old data into the new system.

Synonyms: importation

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