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Trade Gap

Definition: Trade Gap

Trade Gap

Noun

1. The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Trade Gap

DomainDefinition

Business

The balance of trade is adverse, passive or unfavourable when the value of a country's visible imports exceeds that of visible exports. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Trade Gap

Synonyms: balance of trade (n), trade balance (n), visible balance (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Trade Gap

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Imports also reflect the globalization of the industry in that the manufacturers are supplementing their locally produced range with popular vehicles produced by other plants located outside the U.K. it remains to be seen whether the trade gap will gradually diminish (as some analysts have predicted) through increased production from the Japanese green-field sites. (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

AS A RESULT, THE OVERALL TRADE GAP WIDENED FROM 2630.2 MILLION USD TO 2717.3 MILLION USD. (references)

Eritrea

The resulting trade gap was covered by external remittances, mostly from Eritrean expatriates working in the U.S. and Europe, bank loans, and grants in aid. (references)

Slovak Rep

The annual trade gap was t $847.2 million, compared to $904 million deficit in 1999. Car production which was up 37.2 percent to $2.49 billion, fueled the growth in exports. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Trade Gap

Expression using "trade gap": external trade gap. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Trade Gap

Language Translations for "trade gap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

underskud på handelsbalancen (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), underskud over for udlandet (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), handelsbalanceunderskud (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tekort op de handelsbalans (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), nadelig saldo op de handelsbalans (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kauppavaje (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

French

  

déséquilibre des paiements extérieurs (external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit du commerce extérieur (external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit de la balance commerciale (external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit commercial (trade deficit). (various references)

   

German

  

Handelsdefizit (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), Handelsbilanzdefizit (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), Außenhandelsdefizit (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έλλειμμα εμπορικού ισοζυγίου (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), ανισοσκέλεια εξωτερικών πληρωμών (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Italian

  

disavanzo della bilancia commerciale (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), deficit della bilancia commerciale (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), deficit del commercio estero (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adetray apgay

   

Portuguese

  

déficit da balança comercial (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дефицит торгового баланса. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desequilibrio de los pagos exteriores (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit del comercio exterior (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit de la balanza comercial (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance), déficit comercial (trade deficit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

handelsbalansunderskott (external imbalance, external trade gap, foreign trade deficit, trade balance deficit, trade balance gap, trade deficit, trade imbalance). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ticaret açığı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Trade Gap

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-p-r-t"

-1 letter: adapter, gradate, readapt.

-2 letters: depart, grated, parade, parged, parget, parted, petard, prated.

-3 letters: adage, adapt, adept, agape, agate, apart, apter, dater, derat, drape, gaped, gaper, gated, grade, grape, grate, great, padre, paged, pager, parae, pared, parge, pated, pater, peart, prate, raged, raped, rated, reata, retag, taped, taper, tared, targe, terga, trade, tread.

-4 letters: agar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-p-r-t"
 

+2 letters: propagated, readapting.

 

+3 letters: arpeggiated, autographed, grandparent, plantigrade, preadapting.

 

+4 letters: grandparents, plantigrades, postgraduate.

 

+5 letters: disparagement, grandparental, postgraduates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Trade Gap


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 72 61 64 65      47 61 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01110010 01100001 01100100 01100101 00100000 01000111 01100001 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#114 &#97 &#100 &#101 &#32 &#71 &#97 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0072 0061 0064 0065      0047 0061 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54846770712416782

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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