importation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

From import + -ation.

The first importation lay dead in Chooadanga Dak-Bungalow. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
The restraints upon importation were of two kinds. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
To the importation of foreign labor under contract. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

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