foreign exchangeˌforeign exˈchange noun 
The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets.2[uncountable] foreign money, especially money obtained by selling goods to a foreign country: foreign exchange earned through exports3 (also exchange) [countable] an arrangement through which a student exchanges homes, schools etc with a student from another country for a particular length of time, especially in order to learn a language: The school organizes a foreign exchange to France.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Coffee is a valuable source of foreign exchange for Uganda.
- The foreign exchange markets reacted quickly to the cut in German interest rates.
- Notable examples include foreign exchange and financial markets, technology and demography.
- The auction market in foreign exchange involves trading in futures contracts.
- The bank accepts the foreign exchange risk exposure.
- The first concerns the best method of allocating the scarce foreign exchange currently available.
- The reader might wonder what constitutes foreign exchange.
- The resulting trade deficit and shortage of incoming foreign exchange added to the country's balance-of-payments problem.
- The simple addition of a foreign exchange facility to the agreement will provide funds in a wide variety of foreign currencies.
- These have grown enormously in recent years, especially since the abolition of foreign exchange controls in 1979.
WORD SETS
bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets.
1[uncountable] used to talk about buying and selling foreign moneyforeign exchange markets/rates/transactions etc The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets. The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets.2[uncountable] foreign money, especially money obtained by selling goods to a foreign country: foreign exchange earned through exports3 (also exchange) [countable] an arrangement through which a student exchanges homes, schools etc with a student from another country for a particular length of time, especially in order to learn a language: The school organizes a foreign exchange to France.