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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The Texas native rose to fame as foreign exchange student Nadia in American Pie (1999), the object of Jason Biggs’ affection.
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Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Financial crises, including foreign exchange crises, resemble bankruptcies.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
The southern African country, which relies on diamond sales for around 80% of foreign exchange earnings, has had a decades-long diamond mining arrangement with De Beers.
—semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Seoul claims the amount equals 84% of its foreign exchange reserves.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Financial crises, including foreign exchange crises, resemble bankruptcies.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
The southern African country, which relies on diamond sales for around 80% of foreign exchange earnings, has had a decades-long diamond mining arrangement with De Beers.
—semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Seoul claims the amount equals 84% of its foreign exchange reserves.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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