foreign exchange

noun

1
: a process of settling accounts or debts between persons residing in different countries
2
: foreign currency or current short-term credit instruments payable in such currency

Examples of foreign exchange in a Sentence

Our country has to export more in order to earn more foreign exchange.
Recent Examples on the Web On March 13, Paramount Global entered an agreement with Reliance Industries to sell Paramount’s entire 13.01% equity interest in Viacom18 for the equivalent to approximately $517 million based on the current foreign exchange rate, according to a filing with the SEC on Wednesday. Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024 London is also Euronext’s base for some other asset classes such as foreign exchange. Joe Easton, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024 Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s economy has been ravaged by rampant inflation, foreign exchange shortages, and widespread food insecurity. Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024 Argentina’s foreign exchange reserves hovered around $50 billion dollars, while all the plaintiffs were collectively owed over $10 billion dollars and the injunction request was being made with respect to a subset of cases on which only a few billion dollars were owed. Gregory Makoff, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024 The Asian island is struggling with its worst financial crisis in over seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign exchange. Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023 Wee also diversified into other product areas like trade finance and foreign exchange. Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2024 Despite the growth in sales, the company’s profits still dropped 5% in 2023, owing to greater spending on new initiatives and foreign exchange impacts, Lego said. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024 So it is easily affected by external shocks such as the parallel foreign exchange market that determines the price of goods and services. Chinedu Asadu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign exchange was in 1623

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“Foreign exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20exchange. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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