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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An increase in the foreign exchange rate for dollars will mitigate the tariff impact.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The company also lowered its full-year earnings guidance and guided for a mid-single digit decline in reported sales, citing foreign exchange headwinds.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The forecast adopted the full-year foreign exchange rate assumptions of 145 per yen per U.S. dollar, compared to 153 yen in the previous year, adding that the previously weaker yen had inflated the company’s earnings.
—Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Growth in revenue from Amazon's third-party seller services more than halved to 7% in the first quarter, excluding the impact of foreign exchange.
—Deborah Mary Sophia and Arriana McLymore, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The company also lowered its full-year earnings guidance and guided for a mid-single digit decline in reported sales, citing foreign exchange headwinds.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The forecast adopted the full-year foreign exchange rate assumptions of 145 per yen per U.S. dollar, compared to 153 yen in the previous year, adding that the previously weaker yen had inflated the company’s earnings.
—Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Growth in revenue from Amazon's third-party seller services more than halved to 7% in the first quarter, excluding the impact of foreign exchange.
—Deborah Mary Sophia and Arriana McLymore, USA Today, 3 May 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 22 May. 2025.
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