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gross national product

American  

noun

  1. the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. GNP


gross national product British  

noun

  1.  GNP.  the total value of all final goods and services produced annually by a nation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gross national product

First recorded in 1945–50

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And entertainment is almost America’s gross national product.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

From 1929 to 1933, gross national product fell by one third, the stock market lost 80% of its value and unemployment hit 25%.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2020

True gender equality, research from McKinsey & Company has shown, would increase the gross national product in the United States by 26 percent.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2018

In 2010, North America and Western Europe were responsible for 40% of the global gross national product.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2017

She looked intrigued, which was new, because Katie usually walks around with this distracted expression on her face, like she’s busy figuring the square root of the prime number closest to the gross national product.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

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