the act, business, or process of exporting goods or services
2. mainly US
an exported product or service
exportation in American English
(ˌɛkspɔrˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of exporting
2.
anything exported
Word origin
L exportatio
exportation in American English
(ˌekspɔrˈteiʃən, -spour-)
noun
1.
the act of exporting; the sending of commodities out of a country, typically in trade
2.
something exported
Word origin
[1600–10; ‹ L exportātiōn- (s. of exportātiō), equiv. to exportāt(us) (ptp. of exportāre to export) + -iōn--ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cadet, criticism, progressive, quarantine, syndicate-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)
Examples of 'exportation' in a sentence
exportation
There are a few exaggerations, but none to be alarmed at, as they are frankly made for exportation.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
France has gone further by banning its 'manufacture, importation, exportation or sale' in all foodstuffs.