import
verb
• bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
• "supermarkets may no longer import cheap jeans from Bulgaria"
Similar:
buy from abroad,
bring from abroad,
bring in,
buy in,
ship in,
source from abroad,
• indicate or signify.
• "having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart"
import
noun
• a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale.
• "cheap imports from eastern Europe"
Similar:
imported commodity,
foreign commodity,
non-domestic commodity,
• the implicit meaning or significance of something.
• "the import of her message is clear"
Similar:
meaning,
sense,
essence,
gist,
drift,
purport,
message,
thrust,
substance,
sum and substance,
implication,
signification,
point,
burden,
tenor,
spirit,
pith,
core,
nub,
nitty-gritty,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.
