peace dividend

peace dividend definition - finance
The increase to gross domestic product that comes from reallocating defense spending at the conclusion of a conflict to peacetime activities. The peace dividend was prominently seen after World War II.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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