importation

Noun

importation (countable and uncountable, plural importations)

1. The act or an instance of importing.
   • "A subway would require the importation of workers from Russia," says a young man from Rīga.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 630
2. The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
4. The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
5. The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).