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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The price of foreign currency would go up, and that would encourage your exporters to earn more of the more valuable foreign currency, and discourage imports. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Interest rate meeting heartens exporters The Nikkei 225 extended its yo-yo week, gaining 1.97% a day after dropping 2.18%. Ian Mount, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 The scion of a wealthy banana exporter, Noboa quickly held a referendum whose passing allowed the military to patrol the streets—a move that, while subduing the gangs, has been linked by human-rights groups with extrajudicial killings. Charlie Campbell, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 This group is also Colombia’s largest exporter of cocaine. Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 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 17 Nov. 2024.

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