BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Matching Terms:			balance-of-payments problem
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out"
	Synonyms:		balance of international payments
	See Also:		accounting, capital account, current account