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
Crude oil used to be the source of more than 90% of Venezuela’s foreign exchange.
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Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Markets from bonds and commodities to equities and foreign exchange were paused on the Chicago Mercentile Exchange (CME), after a problem with one of the platform’s data centers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
This formula to shore up the peso had been tried before and risked depleting foreign exchange reserves by selling too many dollars to boost the peso’s value.
—María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
Interest rate changes take time to ripple through the economy, often six months to a year, according to Dimitri Silva, Reams Asset Management’s managing director and head of global rates and foreign exchange.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Markets from bonds and commodities to equities and foreign exchange were paused on the Chicago Mercentile Exchange (CME), after a problem with one of the platform’s data centers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
This formula to shore up the peso had been tried before and risked depleting foreign exchange reserves by selling too many dollars to boost the peso’s value.
—María Victoria Murillo, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
Interest rate changes take time to ripple through the economy, often six months to a year, according to Dimitri Silva, Reams Asset Management’s managing director and head of global rates and foreign exchange.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreign exchange
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“Foreign exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20exchange. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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