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importer|ɪmˈpɔətə(r)|
[f. import v. + -er1.]
One who or that which imports or introduces; esp. a merchant who brings in or receives goods from abroad.
1700S. Sewall Diary 19 June (1879) II. 16 There is a Motion..to get a Law that all Importers of Negros shall pay 40s. per head. 1845McCulloch Taxation ii. iv. (1852) 197 It would then, like the generality of customs duties, fall wholly on the importers, or on the consumers here. 1866Crump Banking x. 233 The Bank of England has for years been the only importer of bullion into the Mint. 1888E. Pulsford in 19th Cent. Sept. 397 Up to the present year New South Wales has been a large importer of wheat. |