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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Probably this would be a good situation to put to use that country-specific flat-rate tariff mentioned earlier, which would provide some cushioning against the effects of foreign exchange swings.
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Image Some fear that China’s central bank, which commands $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, including $761 billion in U.S. Treasury debt, could be selling as a form of retaliation for American tariffs.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Although the dollar overtook the British pound sterling in the mid-1920s as the currency of choice in global foreign exchange reserves, its stature as the world’s reserve currency was secured only at the Bretton Woods conference toward the end of World War II.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt | Getty Images The rollout of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs regime is dampening sentiment toward the dollar and prompting investors to look elsewhere for their foreign exchange (FX) trades, strategists told CNBC.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
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Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Image Some fear that China’s central bank, which commands $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, including $761 billion in U.S. Treasury debt, could be selling as a form of retaliation for American tariffs.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Although the dollar overtook the British pound sterling in the mid-1920s as the currency of choice in global foreign exchange reserves, its stature as the world’s reserve currency was secured only at the Bretton Woods conference toward the end of World War II.
—Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt | Getty Images The rollout of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs regime is dampening sentiment toward the dollar and prompting investors to look elsewhere for their foreign exchange (FX) trades, strategists told CNBC.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 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 4 May. 2025.
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