Reimport

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or practice of importing again, or back to a place of origin; reimportation.

    "It was these texts, translated yet again into Latin, which were the source of the reimport of swathes of lost Classical knowledge into Latin Europe in later centuries."

  2. 2
    A product which has been reimported.

    "The low price of reimports has placed competitive pressure on local producers."

Verb
  1. 1
    To import again.

    "We reimported the data in a different format."

  2. 2
    To import goods which have previously been exported, particularly pharmaceutical products, back into the country of origin.

    "Reimported drugs may not be as safe as domestic products."

Synonyms

All synonyms
reimportationreimportation

Example

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"It was these texts, translated yet again into Latin, which were the source of the reimport of swathes of lost Classical knowledge into Latin Europe in later centuries."

Etymology

From re- + import.

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