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

As Fortune reported in April, the dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves has fallen to roughly 57%—a 25-year low—down from a peak of 72% in 2001. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

Despite the innovative companies in the country, South Korea is considered by some to be an emerging market due to capital constraints and foreign exchange restrictions. —Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026

Markets Pakistan Receives $1 Billion Saudi Boost as UAE Seeks Repayment Gift this article Pakistan has received the final $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion support package from Saudi Arabia, shoring up the South Asian nation’s foreign exchange reserves after the UAE declined to rollover its debt. —Bilal Hussain, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026

Originally built around low-cost foreign exchange, the platform has expanded to cover a wide swath of everyday financial activity. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for foreign exchange

• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• range
• strange
• interchange
• rearrange