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dol'lar gap"
the 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.