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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Importation

/ĭmˌ-pôr-tāsh'-ən/ · Im·por·ta·tion · IPA /ˌɪmpɔrtˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.
  1. 1.
    The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.[R.]
  2. 2.
    The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.
  3. 3.
    That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.