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importing

DEFINITIONS OF: importing

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n the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

Synonyms:
importation
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)
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