export (noun)
1export — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, important, main, major, principal ▪ biggest, largest ▪ Coffee is the country s biggest export …
2Export Credits Guarantee Department — ˌExport ˌCredits Guaranˈtee Deˌpartment written abbreviation ECGD noun COMMERCE ORGANIZATIONS a British government organization that provides British companies with export credit insurance and so encourages them to export their goods abroad: •… …
3export licence — ➔ licence * * * export licence UK US UK (US export license) noun [C] (also export permit) ► COMMERCE, LAW an official document that gives you permission to send something out of the country for sale: »The government will not issue an export… …
4export credit — ➔ credit1 * * * export credit UK US noun [U] COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a loan given to a person or company who has exported goods while they wait for payment from the buyer: »In effect, importers of capital equipment under an export credit system are… …
5export insurance — ➔ insurance * * * export insurance UK US noun [U] ► COMMERCE, INSURANCE insurance that protects a company if a foreign buyer does not pay for exported goods: »Manufacturers are demanding cheaper export insurance from the government. → Compare… …
6export duty — ➔ duty * * * export duty UK US noun [C] (plural export duties) TAX ► a tax on goods being sent out of a country: »Last week the government approved an increase in oil export duties …
7export factoring — ➔ factoring * * * export factoring UK US noun [U] COMMERCE ► an arrangement by which a bank or other organization pays an export company for exported goods and then collects payment from the foreign buyer: »Export factoring eliminates the… …
8export market — ➔ market1 * * * export market UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE, ECONOMICS a country or group of countries to which goods and services from another country are sold: »The EU is Minnesota s single largest export market. »Russia is the biggest export… …
9export permit — ➔ permit * * * export permit UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE, LAW EXPORT LICENCE(Cf. ↑export licence) …
10export controls — UK US noun [plural] ► GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS limits on selling goods or a particular type of product outside the country: »The government has removed export controls on most computers and telecommunications equipment. »Existing export controls are …
