balance of payments

/B AE1 L AH0 N S AH1 V P EY1 M AH0 N T S/
noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The systematic record of such transactions.

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