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.
Measurement is defined as the act of measuring or the size of something. 1  An example of measurement means the use of a ruler to determine the length of a piece of paper. 2  An example of measurement is 15 by 25.