WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈfor•eign exˈchange, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Governmentthe system under which the money of one country is exchanged for money from another.
for′eign exchange′,
- Businesscommercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
- Businessthe process of balancing accounts in commercial transactions between business organizations of different nations.
- 1685–95
'foreign exchange' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
FX
- agiotage
- arbitrage
- belga
- cambist
- clean
- dirty
- financing gap
- float
- gold bullion standard
- option
- sen
- stabilization fund