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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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Nearby words

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

Origin of dollar gap

First recorded in 1945–50
Also called dollar shortage, dollar deficit.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019