unfavourable balance of trade

  • 1balance of trade — the difference between the values of exports and imports of a country, said to be favorable or unfavorable as exports are greater or less than imports. [1660 70] * * * Difference in value over a period of time between a nation s imports and… …

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  • 2unfavourable balance — A balance of trade or balance of payments deficit …

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  • 3balance of trade — noun the difference between the value of the exports and imports of a country, said to be favourable or unfavourable as exports are greater or less than imports …

  • 4unfavourable trade balance — UK US UK (US unfavorable trade balance) noun [C, usually singular] (also unfavourable balance of trade) ► ECONOMICS ADVERSE BALANCE OF TRADE(Cf. ↑adverse balance of trade) → See also TRADE DEFICIT( …

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  • 5unfavourable — /ʌn feɪv(ə)rəb(ə)l/ adjective not favourable (NOTE: the American spelling is unfavorable) ♦ unfavourable balance of trade a situation where a country imports more than it exports ♦ unfavourable exchange rate an exchange rate which gives an amount …

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  • 6unfavourable — /ʌn feɪv(ə)rəb(ə)l/ adjective not favourable (NOTE: The US spelling is unfavorable.) ♦ unfavourable balance of trade a situation where a country imports more than it exports ♦ unfavourable exchange rate an exchange rate which gives an amount of… …

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  • 7balance — the amount of money remaining in an account. The total of your money in the bank after accounting for all transactions (deposits and withdrawals) is called a balance . Glossary of Business Terms A division of a Securities Account, of a type… …

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  • 8commodity trade — ▪ economics Introduction       the international trade in primary goods. Such goods are raw or partly refined materials whose value mainly reflects the costs of finding, gathering, or harvesting them; they are traded for processing or… …

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  • 9Mexico — /mek si koh /, n. 1. a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Cap.: Mexico City. 2. a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Cap.: Toluca. 3. Gulf of, Mexican, Golfo de México /gawl …

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  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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