See Also: import 1, noun(dictionary)
Import(finance)
import(2)(dictionary)
import(1)(dictionary)
Import substitution(finance)
Import Quota(finance)
import 2, verb(dictionary)
Import Quota(money)
Import License(money)
Import-Export Financing(money)

import 1, noun (oh)



[U and C] a product that is brought from one country into another so that it can be sold there, or the business of doing this
-opposite export export
::a ban on beef imports
::the abolition of import duties (=taxes)
import from
::cheap imports from Asia
::American demand for Japanese imports (=goods from Japan)
::the import of electrical goods
::an application for an import licence
[C] something new or different that is brought to a place where it did not previously exist
::The beetle is thought to be a European import.
[U] formal importance or meaning
::a matter of no great import