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invisibles

noun/ɪnˈvɪzəbəlz/

C2CEFR level
78/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Traded services and income flows that have no physical form, such as tourism, shipping, and interest.

Britain runs a goods deficit but earns a healthy surplus on invisibles like finance and insurance.

Similar: invisible trade

Topic: Economics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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