balance of goods and services
11balance of payments — the difference between a nation s total payments to foreign countries, including movements of capital and gold, investments, tourist spending, etc., and its total receipts from foreign countries. [1835 45] * * * Systematic record of all economic… …
12Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960–90) — In its balance of payments accounts, Japan has traditionally run a deficit in services. Trade in services includes transportation (freight and passenger fares), insurance, travel expenditures, royalties, licensing fees, and income from… …
13balance of payments — noun (singular) the difference between what a country spends in order to buy goods and services abroad, and the money it earns selling goods and services abroad …
14balance sheet — noun (C) a statement of how much money a business has earned and how much money it has paid for goods and services: a healthy balance sheet despite the recession …
15balance of payments — noun a) A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows. b) The systematic record of such transactions …
16international payment and exchange — ▪ economics Introduction international exchange also called foreign exchange respectively, any payment made by one country to another and the market in which national currencies are bought and sold by those who require them for such… …
17Balance sheet — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …
18HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
19Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
20capital and interest — ▪ economics Introduction in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively. Capital in economics is a word of many meanings …
