foreign exchange

noun

: the process by which people in different countries pay each other by exchanging different types of money

: money from foreign countries

Full Definition of FOREIGN EXCHANGE

: a process of settling accounts or debts between persons residing in different countries

: foreign currency or current short-term credit instruments payable in such currency

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