balance of payments
noun phrase
: a summary of the international transactions of a country or region over a period of time including commodity and service transactions, capital transactions, and gold movements
Word History
First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above
- making common cause
- making do
- making ends meet
- making eyes
- making eyes (at)
- making eyes at
- making for
- making fun of
- making game of
- making good
- making good (for)
- making good for
- making iron
- making it
- making it (through)
- making it through
- making love
- making much of
- making noise
- making noises
- making of
- making off
- making off with
- making one's flesh creep
- making one's mark