terms of trade

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economics, British the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices

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Words nearby terms of trade

termor, term paper, term policy, terms, terms of service, terms of trade, termwise, tern, terna, ternary, ternary form

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How to use terms of trade in a sentence

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Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
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I was a journalist in New York City for the last of his three gubernatorial terms, a little more.
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Yet to hear one of the victims so publicly rejecting the kinds of terms used in the past was inspiring.
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Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
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Modification in its terms growing in part out of these new conditions will subsequently be required from time to time.
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The society newspapers for the week alluded to the matter in veiled, but unmistakable terms.
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Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
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It happened that I didn't stay around those police posts long enough to get familiar with the technical terms for everything.
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