importing
Shipping goods inward
Importing is bringing goods or materials into a country from abroad, the opposite of exporting: The company specializes in importing Italian marble.
The word extends to any transfer from outside to inside—importing data into a spreadsheet, importing ideas from other fields.
To import can also mean to signify or matter: It imports little what others think.
Taxes on imports
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- freightGoods being transported
cargo · clearance · broker · commodities · regulations · protectionism · sourcing · consignment
Coordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- freightGoods being transported
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- portDocking place for ships
dock · maritime · containerization · transshipment · cargo · vessel · container · drayage
Power to affect others
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- trendsPrevailing directions of change
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
traditions · loanwords · adaptation · borrowing · fusion · aesthetics · music · art
Programs directing computer operations
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
- modulesSelf-contained system components
- packagesWrapped items for shipping
- codeSymbolic communication system
dependencies · APIs · frameworks · scripts · functions · namespaces · classes · components
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- quotaFixed assigned amount
freight · cargo · clearance · broker · commodities · regulations · protectionism · sourcing · consignment · declaration
logistics
Coordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- freightGoods being transported
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
port · dock · maritime · containerization · transshipment · cargo · vessel · container · drayage · demurrage
influence
Power to affect others
cuisine · traditions · loanwords · adaptation · borrowing · fusion · aesthetics · music · art · ideas
software
Programs directing computer operations
- librariesPublic book lending institutions
- modulesSelf-contained system components
- packagesWrapped items for shipping
code · dependencies · APIs · frameworks · scripts · functions · namespaces · classes · components · plugins
- drug crimesdrug trafficking, drug dealing, drug smuggling, drug conspiracy, narcotics trafficking
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
- acquisitionpurchase, buying, procurement, acquisition, receiving
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
importingdomestic production
Creating goods within one's country
local sourcing · domestic manufacturing · homegrown · self-sufficiency · autarky
important, import, importance, unimportant, imported, imports, importantly, importer, importation