If business is now a global affair, then the export-import business is important, lucrative and necessary. An export-import agent is not a broker --- the agents are lower on the business totem pole.
Most properties are measured using a number and a unit of measurement. The unit of measurement is a standard amount. The number compares the property to that standard amount. This means a tree that is ten times as tall as a meter stick is 10 meters tall.
Definition of measure for Students. 1  1 : extent 2, degree, amount Our plan did succeed in large measure. 2  2 : the size, capacity, or quantity of something that has been determined Use equal measures of flour and milk. 3  3 : something (as a yardstick or cup) used in determining size, capacity, or quantity.