balance of payment

collocation in English

meaningsofbalanceandpayment

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balance
noun
uk
/ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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payment
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofbalanceandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Without these tools there will be "phoney" sprints for growth and recurrentbalanceofpaymentdifficulties, and unemployment will be sought as the cure.
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We should remember that thebalanceofpaymentdeficit goes on the calendar year and that we have already had ten-twelfths of that year.
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It has been suggested that this would be a national economic disaster in view of thebalanceofpaymentcost.
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I would not underestimate the difficulties of this cut, caused bybalanceofpaymentdifficulties, and its impact upon the motorcar industry.
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There should be abalanceofpaymentin one's favour rather than against one.
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Information on abalanceofpaymentbasis for engineering products is not available.
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Globalization enables the fast movement of money between countries, resulting in frequent balanceofpaymentcrises and unstable domestic economic performance.
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The last closure rule refers tobalanceofpaymentequilibrium.
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As is the case with the lower volatility of exports, the lower volatility of foreign investment reduces the likelihood of abalanceofpaymentcrisis.
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The imbalance in thebalanceofpaymentfigures shows that there is enormous expenditure on capital equipment, semi-manufactured goods and raw materials.
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This is a sizeable sum, considering the country's currentbalanceofpaymentdifficulties.
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Thebalanceofpaymentfigures for all the leading countries simply do not add up.
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It is impossible to obtain an exact statement of thebalanceofpaymentin any year considering how many important items have to be estimated.
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Its purpose is to help a country which is experiencing short-runbalanceofpaymentdifficulties.
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Although the last set ofbalanceofpaymentfigures were the third worst ever, they showed a significant fall in imports.
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It purports to redress the balance of trade, or thebalanceofpaymentas it is called now.
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This sum represents a negligible proportion of the total annual value of imports, exports andbalanceofpayment.
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There is no simple way of getting out ofbalanceofpaymentcrises.
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Those are the worstbalanceofpaymentfigures we have had for four years, even taking only the first quarter.
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We must bear in mind the enormous importance of the invisible earnings of this industry in terms of ourbalanceofpaymentposition.
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