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gross domestic product

noun

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

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China set its official 2025 deficit ratio target at 4 percent of gross domestic product—a record high. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 The figure is also more than five times the gross domestic product of Qatar in 2024. Laura Doan, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 Between 2017 and 2021, Maduro’s government experienced a cycle of unprecedented hyperinflation and accumulated a drop in gross domestic product of close to 80 points in its first seven years in office. Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025 Major stock indexes also rebounded quickly from the early 2020 crash and went on to hit new highs, buoyed by a massive federal stimulus and a fast economic recovery, as measured by gross domestic product. Mike Winters, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gross domestic product

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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 11 Dec. 2025.

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