trade deficit
1trade deficit — ➔ deficit * * * trade deficit UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also trade gap) ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a situation in which the value of goods that a country imports is more than the value of goods it exports, or the size of this… …
2trade deficit — trade .deficit also trade gap n the amount by which the value of what a country buys from abroad is more than the value of what it sells …
3trade deficit — trade ,deficit noun count a situation where a country is buying more things from other countries than it is selling to other countries …
4trade deficit — ► NOUN ▪ the amount by which the cost of a country s imports exceeds the value of its exports …
5trade deficit — noun an excess of imports over exports • Hypernyms: ↑deficit * * * noun, pl ⋯ cits [count] finance : a situation in which a country buys more from other countries than it sells to other countries : the amount of money by which a country s imports …
6Trade Deficit — An economic measure of a negative balance of trade in which a country s imports exceeds its exports. A trade deficit represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets. Economic theory dictates that a trade deficit is not necessarily a …
7trade deficit — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms trade deficit : singular trade deficit plural trade deficits economics a situation in which a country is buying more things from other countries than it is selling to them …
8trade deficit — / treɪd ˌdefɪsɪt/ noun the difference in value between a country’s low exports and higher imports. Also called balance of payments deficit, trade gap …
9trade deficit — noun A negative balance of trade. Ant: trade surplus …
10trade deficit — also trade gap noun (C) the amount by which the value of what a country buys from abroad is more than the value of what it sells …
