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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However, a major impact of policy differentials is in foreign exchange, with higher rates tending to boost a domestic currency.
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Manufacturers are calling for foreign exchange input costs to move in parallel for recovery, and for additional taxes to be reviewed.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2025
Santos had grown up playing soccer in Brazil before moving to the U.S. state of Florida as a foreign exchange student at age 15.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Raúl Allegre arrived in Washington state from Torreón, Coahuila, in 1977 as a high school foreign exchange student.
—Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
Manufacturers are calling for foreign exchange input costs to move in parallel for recovery, and for additional taxes to be reviewed.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2025
Santos had grown up playing soccer in Brazil before moving to the U.S. state of Florida as a foreign exchange student at age 15.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Raúl Allegre arrived in Washington state from Torreón, Coahuila, in 1977 as a high school foreign exchange student.
—Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Foreign exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20exchange. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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