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importation
DEFINITIONS OF:
importation
1
n
the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
Synonyms:
importing
Types:
smuggling
secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
gunrunning
the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
Type of:
commerce
,
commercialism
,
mercantilism
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
n
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
Synonyms:
import
Antonyms:
export
,
exportation
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Type of:
commodity
,
good
,
trade good
articles of commerce
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