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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Unfavorable foreign exchange could be a factor, with management anticipating a $2.1 billion headwind from currency.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Other income increased significantly due to lower foreign exchange losses, primarily in Argentina.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
The dollar is the global reserve currency and currently accounts for about 58% of the world's foreign exchange reserves (foreign assets held by central banks), so the global economy would also likely be significantly impacted.
—Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
But sanctions have frozen half of Russia’s foreign exchange reserves, and the central bank is saving the rest for emergencies.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Other income increased significantly due to lower foreign exchange losses, primarily in Argentina.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
The dollar is the global reserve currency and currently accounts for about 58% of the world's foreign exchange reserves (foreign assets held by central banks), so the global economy would also likely be significantly impacted.
—Mitch Salchow, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
But sanctions have frozen half of Russia’s foreign exchange reserves, and the central bank is saving the rest for emergencies.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Foreign exchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20exchange. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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