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

The metric excludes pricing and foreign exchange fluctuations to reflect demand more accurately. —Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 16 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

In an interview Fox News published on Sunday, the 52-year-old actress reflected on playing sexy foreign exchange student Nadia and noting what a possible return for her character looks like. —Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

Mathew says that Latitude’s competition is traditional banks who facilitate foreign exchange transactions through legacy rails like Swift. —Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 31 Mar. 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