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 measurement for Students. 1  1 : the act of determining size, capacity, or quantity The instruments provide accurate measurement. 2  2 : the extent, size, capacity, or amount of something as has been determined The room's measurements are 20 feet by 14 feet.