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

Content revenue rose18% ex-foreign exchange, driven by the timing of domestic third-party content sales. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026

Slowing price rises and higher foreign exchange reserves had prompted predictions of a larger rate cut to shore up growth in one of Africa’s biggest economies. —semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026

Just like Held, Williams only had an academic background in the sciences at the time of his Olympic retirement—but that didn’t stop him from joining Goldman Sachs as an associate in foreign exchange forward trading in 2012. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026

But the group faced setbacks with foreign exchange, primarily due to the US dollar and the emerging market currencies in Latin America. —Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 18 Feb. 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