trade deficitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtreɪd ˌdef.ɪ.sɪt/us/ˈtreɪd ˌdef.ɪ.sɪt/also trade gap specializeda situation in which the value of goods a country imports (= buys from other countries) is greater than the value of goods it exports (= sells to other countries), or the size of this difference
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Profits & losses
- break
- deficit
- diminishing returns
- gold mine
- gross receipts
- in/out of pocket idiom
- interim
- ka-ching
- licence
- loss
- loss-making
- pay
- profit from sth
- profit sharing
- rig
- rig the market idiom
- speculation
- takings
- turnover
- uneconomic
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