VISIBLE BALANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visible balance mean? 

• VISIBLE BALANCE (noun)
  The noun VISIBLE BALANCE has 1 sense:

1. the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise

  Familiarity information: VISIBLE BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISIBLE BALANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

balance of trade; trade balance; trade gap; visible balance

Context example:

a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports

Hypernyms ("visible balance" is a kind of...):

balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)