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import

[im-pawrt, -pohrt, im-pawrt, -pohrt] / ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt /




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In a free market, countries that constantly run big trade surpluses with the U.S. would be flooded with extra dollars beyond what they needed to buy imports.

From The Wall Street Journal

Silver imports to India, where precious metals are popular with savers, have surged lately as gold has risen to more than $4,500 a troy ounce and beyond the reach of many savers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Argentina’s central bank holds foreign currency reserves to pay debt, defend the peso and cover imports, but they have been drained by years of currency controls and financial crises.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hundreds of years later, as tourism becomes the country’s main source of revenue, high-end ingredients, like Wagyu and caviar, are the latest imports.

From Salon

Its massive imports of Russian refined products have also been used to meet domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal