trade 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… … Financial and business terms
trade 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
trade deficit — trade ,deficit noun count a situation where a country is buying more things from other countries than it is selling to other countries … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trade deficit — ► NOUN ▪ the amount by which the cost of a country s imports exceeds the value of its exports … English terms dictionary
trade 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 … Useful english dictionary
trade 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 … English dictionary
trade 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 … Dictionary of banking and finance
trade deficit — noun A negative balance of trade. Ant: trade surplus … Wiktionary
trade 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trade deficit or surplus — The difference in the value of a nation s imports over exports ( deficit) or exports over imports ( surplus). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
