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

Natalee was also an active volunteer, serving as a peer counselor for the Natural Helpers and working with the American Field Service, an organization that helps foreign exchange students. —Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026

Asian countries, meanwhile, are grappling with plummeting currencies that have depleted central banks’ foreign exchange reserves and threatened to accelerate already-high inflation. —semafor.com, 29 May 2026

Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to reduce overseas travel in an attempt to conserve India’s foreign exchange reserves, under strain from a rising import bill amid a surge in global energy prices. —Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 May 2026

So far this year, Jakarta has used $10 billion of its foreign exchange reserves to stabilize the rupiah. —William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 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