IMPORT

import,n.1. A product brought into a country from a foreign country where it originated <imports declined in the third quarter>. See PARALLEL IMPORTS. 2. The process of bringing foreign goods into a country <the import of products affects the domestic economy in significant ways>. Cf. EXPORT. 3. The meaning; esp., the implied meaning <the court must decide the import of that obscure provision>.4. Importance; significance <time will tell the relative import of Judge Posner’s decisions in American law>.

[Blacks Law 8th]