a. and sb. [f. prec. + -ABLE.]
A. adj. Capable of being exported.
1717. Newton, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), II. 425. Silver in bullion exportable is usually worth 2d. or 3d. per oz. more than in coin.
1803. Syd. Smith, Wks. (1867), I. 41. The … exportable articles … which Ceylon produces are pearls, cinnamon, and elephants.
1877. Fraser’s Mag., XV. 85. The principal staples of her exportable wealth.
transf. 1807. Med. Jrnl., XVII. 118. What transmutation … renders it [yellow fever] exportable to Europe from us…?
B. sb. pl. Articles of exportation. rare.
1873. A. L. Perry, Pol. Econ., 522. The greatest loss falls on the exportables of a country.
