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

With the region’s trillions of dollars in sovereign wealth assets and large foreign exchange reserves, most Gulf states make for creditworthy borrowers. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

Operating expenses increased 16 percent, or 11 percent when excluding foreign exchange impacts, mainly driven by sports costs associated with the FIFA World Cup, the firm said. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Yamaguchi said that the BOJ is in a difficult position, as the foreign exchange market continues to call for an earlier rate hike amid concerns that the BOJ might be behind the curve. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 July 2026

The dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves has been falling for decades, reaching a 25-year-low of 57% compared to 71% in 1999. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 July 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