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

Subscriptions fees rose 15% (9% from more subscribers, 3% from higher rates and 1% from a favorable foreign exchange impact). — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026

Normally foreign exchange markets determine the relative values of currencies, but there are many factors that shape what happens in the markets. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

With the region’s trillions of dollars in sovereign wealth assets and large foreign exchange reserves, most Gulf states make for creditworthy borrowers. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

Operating expenses increased 16 percent, or 11 percent when excluding foreign exchange impacts, mainly driven by sports costs associated with the FIFA World Cup, the firm said. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 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