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foreign exchange
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foreign exchange
(noun)
foreign exchange
noun
foreign exchange
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of FOREIGN EXCHANGE
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finance
1
:
the process by which people in different countries pay each other by exchanging different types of money
2
:
money from foreign countries
Our country has to export more in order to earn more
foreign exchange
.
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