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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Importation  \Im`por*ta"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  importation.  See 
  {Import},  v.  t.] 
  1.  The  act  of  carrying,  conveying,  or  delivering.  [R.] 
 
  2.  The  act  or  practice  of  importing,  or  bringing  into  a 
  country  or  state;  --  opposed  to  exportation. 
 
  3.  That  which  is  imported;  commodities  or  wares  introduced 
  into  a  country  from  abroad. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  importation 
  n  :  the  commercial  activity  of  buying  and  bringing  in  goods  from 
  a  foreign  country  [syn:  {importing}] 




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