Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balance_of_trade

1 sense of balance of trade

Sense 1
balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap -- (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")
       => balance -- (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)