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 dollar remains dominant as a method of payment, and is used in 88% of foreign exchange transactions.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024
Fourth country to hit $700 billion in foreign exchange reserves.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
More fundamentally, tariffs would tend to raise the foreign exchange value of the dollar, making our exporters less competitive.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
That comes with two issues: foreign exchange risk and repricing risk.
—Radu Magdin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024
Fourth country to hit $700 billion in foreign exchange reserves.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
More fundamentally, tariffs would tend to raise the foreign exchange value of the dollar, making our exporters less competitive.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
That comes with two issues: foreign exchange risk and repricing risk.
—Radu Magdin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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 2 Nov. 2024.
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