dollar gap

American  

noun

1. the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.

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Etymology

Origin of dollar gap

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The state, he added, “has to come up with some bigger solutions — a $15 billion dollar gap is too much to ignore.”

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

Out of the committee's desperate search for new sources of revenue to bridge this six-or-seven-hundred million dollar gap arose last week a new and striking sentiment in favor of some form of Sales Tax.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the dollar gap is still big; in 1953 the U.S. exported $16 billion in goods while importing $11 billion, leaving a gap of $5 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real purpose of the Vicenza experiment, in other words, goes way beyond closing the dollar gap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain's share of U.S. military assistance�still unspecified�would also help keep the dollar gap closed.

From Time Magazine Archive