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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| balance of trade | |
| —n | |
| economics Compare invisible balance Also called: visible balance the difference in value between total exports and total imports of goods | |
That part of the balance of payments relating to goods only (as opposed to services, monetary movements, official reserve transactions, etc.).
Note: A nation whose imports are worth more than its exports is said to have an unfavorable balance of trade, or to be running a trade deficit.