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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"
Definition of Trade balance
1. Noun. (economics) The balance of trade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trade Balance
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, ..."