Definition of Trade balance

1. Noun. The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise. "A nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports"

Exact synonyms: Balance Of Trade, Trade Gap, Visible Balance
Generic synonyms: Balance

Definition of Trade balance

1. Noun. (economics) The balance of trade. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trade Balance

tradable
trade(a)
trade-deficit
trade-in
trade-ins
trade-last
trade-lasts
trade-off
trade-offs
trade-union
trade-wind
trade-winds
trade acceptance
trade acceptances
trade balance
trade balances
trade barrier
trade bill
trade book
trade card
trade cycle
trade deficit
trade deficits
trade discount
trade dispute
trade diversion
trade down
trade dress
trade edition

Literary usage of Trade balance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The trade balance between the United States and Germany is overwhelmingly in favor of the ... In 1890 the trade balance was slightly in favor of Germany. ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1916)
"America's War trade balance The United States has become the world's banker for $'JG2,5UO,000, with a trade balance of over a billion. ..."

3. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Economic Association (1919)
"THE FOREIGN trade balance OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE ARMISTICE BY JOHN H. ... Beginning in the late nineties our trade balance showed a marked and ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A trader in his own books sets his sales against his purchases, and the amount by which the former exceed the latter is his trade balance or profit. ..."

5. Adjustment and Equity in Chile by Patricio Meller (1992)
"The trade balance for the l977-8l period shows an increasing deficit which reaches US$ ... trade balance, current account balance and balance of payments, ..."

6. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"... despite significant downward adjustment of the dollar against major curren- 60 -60 -100 -150 -200 Flgure 1-1—Merchandise trade balance Billions of ..."

7. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"US trade balance The US trade surplus in navigational and surveying instruments grew from $716 million in 1988, Table 23 to $1.1 billion in 1992 (table B-5, ..."

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