Originating from a foreign or external place or country
“With the new tax tariff cuts, we will see robust growth in imported consumer goods.”
Transported or brought in from a foreign or external place or country
“How much of our food is currently imported from overseas?”
Inserted or brought in from an external place or source
Past tense for to bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade
“Businesses needed dollars to import goods, and banks charged high rates of interest for hard currency.”
Past tense for to be significant or of importance
“If my authority is of no weight hereafter, it will import little that I have deceived myself upon this point.”
Past tense for to mean or signify
“We must enquire into why he is called the desire of all nations, and what that phrase may import.”
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