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

The tourism industry is a core tenet of the Nepalese economy and serves as a major source of foreign exchange and revenue. — Sam Meredith,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

China’s dominance of global manufacturing should keep the foreign exchange flowing in, allowing Beijing to manage bad debts in the property and local government sectors. — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Summary Nigeria will rejoin FTSE Russell's frontier market equity indexes on September 21, reversing its 2023 removal due to foreign exchange repatriation difficulties. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

While renewable generation costs are broadly competitive, consumers ultimately bear the burden of financing costs, transmission and distribution losses, taxes, and foreign exchange movements. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 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