Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
trade gap
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Devaluation would also help narrow our trade gap.
▪ Economists surveyed by Bloomberg Business News projected the trade gap to come in at $ 7. 1 billion.
▪ He said yesterday his first priorities would be to tackle inflation and the widening trade gap.
▪ The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.
▪ The Government has no little interest in this as the negative food trade gap is about £5.7 billion.
▪ The narrowing trade gap means that growth in the fourth quarter could be better than expected, said analysts.
▪ There was brighter news on the trade front for Britain yesterday, with a £766 million cut in the trade gap.
WordNet
trade gap
n. 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" [syn: balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance]
Usage examples of "trade gap".
The Trade Gap was the only feasible route for the large wagons, so Manos camped his army at its eastern mouth and waited, appropriating the Gap fort for his headquarters and residence and adding its small garrison to his army.
The Trade Gap was the only feasible route for the large wagons, so Manos camped his army at its eastern mouth and waited, appropriating the Gap-fort for his headquarters and residence and adding its small garrison to his army.