- [countable, usually plural] a product or service that is brought into one country from another
- import from… food imports from abroad
- import into/to… cheap imports into the United States
Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economy- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%.
- Imports were valued at £516 million last month.
- Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic.
- The value of annual imports rose rapidly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- major
- foreign
- …
- boost
- cut
- limit
- …
- grow
- increase
- rise
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- ban
- control
- restrictions
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- import from
- import into
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
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- [uncountable, plural] the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another
- The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste.
- imports of oil
- import duties/tariffs
- import controls/restrictions/quotas
- an import licence
- A restricted import quota was set for meat products.
- the UK's net imports of food
- Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- major
- foreign
- …
- boost
- cut
- limit
- …
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
- ban
- control
- restrictions
- …
- import from
- import into
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
- …
- [uncountable] (formal) importance
- matters of great import
- [singular] the import (of something) (formal) the meaning of something, especially when it is not immediately clear
- It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.
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