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importer /ɪmˈpɔːtə /noun1A person or organization that brings goods or services into a country from abroad for sale: the EU is the largest importer of agricultural products from developing countries...- Towards the end of the month I got a two-month job with a food importer at the docks, carrying sacks.
- The ideal way for a U.S. exporter to penetrate the French market is to deal through an importer or distributor.
- U.S. exporters interested in Southeast Asia's food service trade should appoint a reputable importer and distributor in each of the top five markets.
2A person who introduces an idea from a different place or context: people in underdeveloped regions have become clever importers of new knowledge...- In the realm of Edwardian poetry the real poetic innovator was Kipling, pioneer importer of the raw material of contemporary life as subject matter for poetic treatment.
- The sonnet's chief English importers were Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 - 42) and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1515 - 47), who had generally translated their Italian originals not only into English but into a different shape of sonnet.
- Intellectual property issues will be more important in coming years as the knowledge economy develops, although Australia will for many years ahead be a net importer of intellectual property rather than a net exporter.
Rhymes aorta, daughter, exhorter, exporter, extorter, Horta, mortar, porter, quarter, slaughter, snorter, sorter, sporter, supporter, three-quarter, torte, transporter, underwater, water |