gross domestic product

noun

: the gross national product excluding the value of net income earned abroad

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It is estimated that Black Americans’ spending power sits between $1.4 trillion and $1.8 trillion annually, a powerful economic bloc that’s comparable to the gross domestic products of Mexico, Canada and Italy. Doug Melville, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Separately, China also revised the size of its gross domestic product in 2023, raising it by 2.7%, or 3.4 trillion yuan, based on the results of the census, Kang Yi, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, said in a briefing. Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 26 Dec. 2024 The trans-Atlantic partnership is estimated to cover an area of more than 700 million people and represents about 20% of global gross domestic product. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024 On top of that, the overall health of the nation’s economy could decline with forecasts indicating gross domestic product could plummet if mass deportations occur. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gross domestic product 

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gross domestic product was in 1951

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“Gross domestic product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gross%20domestic%20product. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.

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