exporter

noun

ex·​port·​er ek-ˈspȯr-tər How to pronounce exporter (audio) ˈek-ˌspȯr- How to pronounce exporter (audio)
: one that exports
specifically : a wholesaler who sells to merchants or industrial consumers in foreign countries

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Chinese and global exporters are set to be big winners here, as would defensives over cyclicals. Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 In response, scrutiny is rightly intensifying on the issue of business complicity in crimes against humanity, as companies across sectors—from arms exporters to tech giants—continue to turn profits amid unfathomable violence against civilians. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 And as other countries retaliate with tariffs of their own, U.S. exporters would be impacted, while a shift away from costlier imports would weaken the revenue that Trump tariffs could produce. Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024 Italy remains the world’s biggest wine exporter by volume (France is bigger by worth), but the value of its sales to the five biggest consumer markets — the US, France, the UK, Germany and Japan — fell 7.3% in 2023, according to Italian Wine Union data. Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune Europe, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exporter 

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exporter was in 1623

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“Exporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exporter. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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