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balance of payments

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
bal-ance of -pay-ments
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.

noun

The systematic record of such transactions.

Inflected Forms

balances of payments (plural)

Phrases

trade deficit

Frequently Paired Words

trade deficit

Synonyms

balance of international payments

Questions

What does balance of payments mean?
A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.

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