balance of payments

noun

A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.

Similar
balance of international payments
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Meanings

nounbalance of payments (plural balances of payments)

plural balances of payments

  1. A measure of all flows of money into and out of a country including payments for goods and services and capital flows.
  2. The systematic record of such transactions.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year

Similar
balance of international payments
Broader
accounting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech platební bilance
  • platební bilancemeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Danish betalingsbalance
  • betalingsbalancemeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Dutch betalingsbalans
  • betalingsbalansmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Finnish maksutase, maksutase
  • maksutasemeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
  • maksutasesystematic record of foreign payments
French balance des paiements
  • balance des paiementsmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
German Zahlungsbilanz
  • Zahlungsbilanzmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Indonesian neraca pembayaran, neraca pembayaran
  • neraca pembayaranmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
  • neraca pembayaransystematic record of foreign payments
Italian bilancia dei pagamenti
  • bilancia dei pagamentimeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Norwegian Bokmål betalingsbalanse
  • betalingsbalansemeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Polish bilans płatniczy
  • bilans płatniczymeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Russian расчётный бала́нс, платёжный бала́нс
  • расчётный бала́нс (rasčótnyj baláns)measure of the flow of money into and out of a country
  • платёжный бала́нс (platjóžnyj baláns)measure of the flow of money into and out of a country
  • расчётный бала́нс (rasčótnyj baláns)systematic record of foreign payments
  • платёжный бала́нс (platjóžnyj baláns)systematic record of foreign payments
Spanish balanza de pagos
  • balanza de pagosmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Swedish betalningsbalans
  • betalningsbalansmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
Tagalog timbangang-bayad, timbangang-bayad
  • timbangang-bayadmeasure of the flow of money into and out of a country
  • timbangang-bayadsystematic record of foreign payments
Ukrainian платі́жний бала́нс
  • платі́жний бала́нс (platížnyj baláns)measure of the flow of money into and out of a country
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APA

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MLA

“balance of payments.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20payments. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balance of payments,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20payments.

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