importing

English Thesaurus

1. the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country (noun.act)

hypernym	:	commerce, commercialism, mercantilism,
definition	:	transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	smuggling,
definition	:	secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due (noun.act)

derivation	:	import,
definition	:	bring in from abroad (verb.possession)

derivation	:	import,
definition	:	bring in from abroad (verb.possession)