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importation

noun C1
  1. The act or an instance of importing. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country. (countable, uncountable)
  3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. (countable, uncountable)
  4. The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R). (countable, uncountable)

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This gentleman married some five years ago a Peruvian lady, the daughter of a Peruvian merchant, whom he had met in connection with the importation of nitrates.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 52 · B2

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