HyperDic: balance_of_payments

English > 1 sense of the expression balance of payments:
NOUNpossessionbalance of payments, balance of international paymentsa system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year
English > balance of payments: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
MeaningA system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year.
Example"a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
Synonymbalance of international payments
Partscapital account(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
current accountThat part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
BroaderaccountingA system that provides quantitative information about finances
Spanishbalanza de pagos
Catalanbalança de pagaments

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