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.
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Brendan McKenna, international economist and foreign exchange strategist at Wells Fargo, lists three reasons for the ruble’s rally.
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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
After the first-round vote, authorities had to cancel a bond auction, and its central bank sold off foreign exchange reserves to slow the slide of the Romanian leu against the euro.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
For more than three decades, between 85 and 90 percent of trades between currencies on foreign exchange markets have involved dollars.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2025
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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
After the first-round vote, authorities had to cancel a bond auction, and its central bank sold off foreign exchange reserves to slow the slide of the Romanian leu against the euro.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
For more than three decades, between 85 and 90 percent of trades between currencies on foreign exchange markets have involved dollars.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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