Definition of Foreign exchange

1. Noun. The system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place.

Generic synonyms: Exchange, Interchange

Definition of Foreign exchange

1. Noun. The exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreign Exchange

foreign bill
foreign body
foreign body aspiration
foreign body giant cell
foreign body granuloma
foreign body salpingitis
foreign body tumourigenesis
foreign correspondent
foreign countries
foreign country
foreign currency
foreign debt
foreign debts
foreign direct investment
foreign draft
foreign exchange (current term)
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange markets
foreign exchanges
foreign key
foreign keys
foreign language
foreign languages
foreign legion
foreign medical graduates
foreign minister
foreign ministers
foreign mission
foreign office
foreign policies

Literary usage of Foreign exchange

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"by abnormal foreign exchange, but really by the slow process of adjustment in ... Of the causes of fluctuations in foreign exchange under such conditions, ..."

2. China: Progress and Reform Challenges (2003)
"foreign exchange arrangements China's currency regime The ren min bi The ren min bi (people's currency) has been the official currency of the People's ..."

3. The Ways and Means of Payment: A Full Analysis of the Credit System, with by Stephen Colwell (1859)
"Fallacy of regarding foreign exchange as a criterion of domestic currency—Foreign exchange is simply tlie process of paying and receiving debts of foreign ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"When a sudden alteration takes place in foreign exchange, nothing is more ... been prolonged by the usage of bankers and other dealers in foreign exchange, ..."

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