dollar gap

noun

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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Also called dollar shortage, dollar deficit.

Origin of dollar gap

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby dollar gap

doll's house, a, dollar, dollar area, dollar day, dollar diplomacy, dollar gap, dollar sign, dollar-a-year, dollar-average, dollarbird, dollard-des-ormeaux
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