importing

Definitions of importing

1. noun

   the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
   synonyms: importation

   types:

   smuggling

   secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due

   gunrunning

   the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally

   type of:

   commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

   transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)