capital outflow
noun
The net movement of capital out of a country's economy; the movement of domestically owned capital abroad, or an increase in the assets a country holds abroad.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Statist.
- spit and polish
- spit-and-sawdust
- spitball
- spitballer
- spit blood
- spitchcock
- spit chips
- spit curl
- spit dog
- spite
- spiteful
- spitefully
- spitefulness
- spit feathers (or tacks)
- spitfire
- Spithead
- spit in (or into) the wind
- spit in the eye (or face) of
- spit it out
- spit (out) the dummy
- spit-roast
- Spitsbergen
- spit take
- spitter
- spitting cobra