importer

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See also: importér

English

Etymology

From import +‎ -er.

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Noun

importer (plural importers)

  1. One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
    India is the world's biggest importer of gold.
    The data importer has crashed. Did we receive a corrupted file?
    • 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:
      Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre. The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian importare.

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Verb

importer

  1. (transitive) to import
  2. (impersonal) to matter, to be relevant, to be important
    En quoi cela m'importe-t-il ?
    Why does that matter to me?
    Que vous importe ?
    Why do you care?
    Il m'importe peu de savoir s'il a réussi.
    It doesn't matter to me whether he succeeded.
    Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
    Her marks (UK) or grades (US) didn't matter much to her parents.

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Latin

Verb

importer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of importō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

importer m

  1. indefinite plural of import

Verb

importer

  1. imperative of importere