TRADE DEFICIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trade deficit mean? 

• TRADE DEFICIT (noun)
  The noun TRADE DEFICIT has 1 sense:

1. an excess of imports over exports

  Familiarity information: TRADE DEFICIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADE DEFICIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excess of imports over exports

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("trade deficit" is a kind of...):

deficit (an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period))