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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Australia last week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, analysts say. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025 Since then, Texas has diversified across sectors, become a large exporter, is home to a growing number of companies, and was a net receiver of internal migration during the pandemic. Kathryn Anne Edwards, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025 The to-and-fro blizzard of assertions and threats by the president has left U.S. Customs offices nearly as confused as U.S. importers and exporters. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025 According to the country's trade ministry, Malaysia is the sixth largest semiconductor exporter globally. Dan Mangan,christina Wilkie,erin Doherty,sophie Kiderlin,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exporter

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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 20 Aug. 2025.

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