·noun Importance; weight; consequence.
II. Import ·vi To Signify; to Purport; to be of moment.
III. Import ·vt To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to Concern.
IV. Import ·vt To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to Imply; to Signify.
V. Import ·noun Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries;
— generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
VI. Import ·noun That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
VII. Import ·vt To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce;
— opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, ·etc.