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

Common policies to consider are investment policy, counterparty exposure policy, treasury operations policy, foreign exchange policy and internal process control documents. —Sunayana Gutta, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

Half of the top 220 dinner attendees reportedly bought their coins using foreign exchanges. —Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2025

Brendan McKenna, international economist and foreign exchange strategist at Wells Fargo, lists three reasons for the ruble’s rally. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 6 June 2025

Frugal Traveler How falling airfares and foreign exchange rates influence where to look for deals this summer. —Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 30 May 2025

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