forexn.
/ˈfɒrɛks/ Commerce.
= foreign exchange n. Cf. also exchange n. 4.
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foreign exchange1623
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forex1947
swapping1957
swap1963
1947 (title) Forex service.
1965 Economist 20 Nov. (Internat. Banking Suppl.) p.xxxvi/2 The London branch of Forex, the foreign exchange dealers' association, has about 540 members.
1968 Economist 2 Nov. 90/3 An Association of International Bond dealers (to be called Inbond, on the lines of the foreign exchange dealers' Forex?) is to be formed.
1979 Daily Tel. 21 July 17/5 (headline) Forex markets unimpressed.
1985 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 14 July 30 (advt.) Do you need instant share and commodity prices, interest rates, forex and futures plus expert commentaries?
1992 Times of India 30 July 8/4 In the current system, where the government buys forex..at the low official rate, the government's cost-saving is achieved by shifting the cost on to the exporters.
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