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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreign exchange mean? 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE (noun)
  The noun FOREIGN EXCHANGE has 1 sense:

1. the system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take placeplay

  Familiarity information: FOREIGN EXCHANGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOREIGN EXCHANGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("foreign exchange" is a kind of...):

exchange; interchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries))


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