Export vs. Ship — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Export and Ship
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Export
An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an exporter; the foreign buyer is an importer.
Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying goods or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and tradition.
Export
To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale.
Ship
A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
Export
To cause the spread of (an idea, for example) in another part of the world; transmit.
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Ship
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
Export
To send (data) from one program to another
"You'll need to export your spreadsheet file into a desktop publishing program" (Jon Pepper).
Ship
An aircraft or spacecraft.
Export
To use an application to store (data) on disk, usually for use by another program.
Ship
The crew of one of these vessels.
Export
To send or transport abroad merchandise, especially for sale or trade.
Ship
One's fortune
When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.
Export
Exportation.
Ship
To place or receive on board a ship
Shipped the cargo in the hold.
Export
Of or relating to exportation or exports.
Ship
To cause to be transported; send.
Export
(countable) Something that is exported.
Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
Ship
(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Export
(uncountable) The act of exporting.
The export of fish is forbidden in this country.
Ship
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Export
(transitive) To carry away.
Ship
A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton).
Export
(transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country.
Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
Ship
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Export
(transitive) To cause to spread in another part of the world.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Export
To send (data) from one program to another.
Ship
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Export
(transitive) To put up (a child) for international adoption.
Ship
(dated) An aircraft.
Export
To carry away; to remove.
[They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.
Ship
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
Export
To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; - the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
Ship
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Export
The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
Ship
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
To ship freight by railroad
Export
That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; - used chiefly in the plural, exports.
The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports.
Ship
(ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
It compiles? Ship it!
Export
Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
Ship
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
To ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
Export
Sell or transfer abroad;
We export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
Ship
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Export
Cause to spread in another part of the world;
The Russians exported Marxism to Africa
Ship
To put or secure in its place.
To ship the tiller or rudder
Ship
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
Ship
Leave, depart, scram.
Ship
To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
Ship
To go all in.
Ship
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
Ship
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Ship
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
Ship
Pay; reward.
In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.
Ship
Any large seagoing vessel.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,Sails filled, and streamers waving.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Ship
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Ship
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Ship
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Ship
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
Ship
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Ship
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Ship
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Ship
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Ship
To embark on a ship.
Ship
A vessel that carries passengers or freight
Ship
Transport commercially
Ship
Hire for work on a ship
Ship
Go on board
Ship
Travel by ship
Ship
Place on board a ship;
Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel
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