dollar gap

American  

noun

1. the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.

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Etymology

Origin of dollar gap

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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dollar gap

The state, he added, “has to come up with some bigger solutions — a $15 billion dollar gap is too much to ignore.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2015

Canada is one of the few countries to solve her "dollar gap" without direct U.S. loans and grants.

From Time Magazine Archive

Government through economic aid; and closed 10% of the foreign dollar gap.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old demon, the dollar gap, is back.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the dollar gap has since become a dollar glut.

From Time Magazine Archive