Definition
to import: to bring in, to buy in, to introduce to a country
We imported these lamps from China because they are cheaper than the lamps made here.
an import: a product that has been brought in from another country
Try out these new imports from Amsterdam. They are better than the same thing made here.
- "However a boycott of imported and remotely-produced goods would be simply irrational."
- "Mrs Lee : Import?"
- "Delavigne imports most of its materials from Asia, and it's obvious that we do this to cut costs."
- "Mrs. Lee : Import?"
- "No longer is our economy driven by gold mining, the logging industry, and import and export, as it was just two centuries ago."
- "Icarus : Mr. Oléré, in your latest shipment you've got oils from Tasmania, Edelweiss extract imported from Austria, and 700 thoraxes from the African honey bee!"
- "Would you have to import raw materials?"
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