Import

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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