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dol′lar gap′,
- Business, Governmentthe 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. Also called dol′lar short′age, dol′lar def′icit.
- 1945–50