trade deficit — ➔ deficit * * * trade deficit UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also trade gap) ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a situation in which the value of goods that a country imports is more than the value of goods it exports, or the size of this… … Financial and business terms
Trade policy of Japan — Export policiesFor many years, export promotion was a large issue in Japanese government policy. Government officials recognized that Japan needed to import to grow and develop, and it needed to generate exports to pay for those imports. After… … Wikipedia
trade show — show (def. 24). [1925 30] * * * or trade fair Temporary market organized to promote trade, where buyers and sellers gather to transact business. Trade fairs are organized at regular intervals, generally at the same location and time of year. They … Universalium
merchandise — {{11}}merchandise (n.) mid 13c., trading, commerce; mid 14c., commodities of commerce, wares, articles for sale or trade, from Anglo Fr. marchaundise, O.Fr. marcheandise goods, merchandise; trade, business (12c.), from marchaunt merchant (see… … Etymology dictionary
trade surplus — A nation s excess of exports over imports during a given time frame. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * trade surplus trade surplus ➔ surplus1 * * * trade surplus UK US noun [C, usually singular] ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ► a situation in… … Financial and business terms
merchandise — I noun articles, articles of commerce, assets, belongings, capital goods, cargo, chattel, commodities, consumer durables, consumer goods, contents, effects, freight, goods, goods for sale, items for sale, line, line of goods, manufactured goods,… … Law dictionary
Trade — Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s house … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trade dollar — Trade Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trade price — Trade Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trade sale — Trade Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trade wind — Trade Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English