foreign exchange
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈfɔrɪn ɪksˈʧeɪndʒ/
- Specialized
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cambio de divisas
- At the time of independence, Ghana had a foreign exchange surplus of almost $500 million, mostly from cocoa exports.
- foreign exchange reserves
- foreign exchange earnings
- foreign exchange market
They've also borrowed more foreign exchange than they hold.
- They've also borrowed more foreign exchange than they hold.
- So authorization Aviva, it has to do with foreign exchange.
Examples
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A global growth agenda and new foreign exchange rules are therefore essential.
Academic text (2011) -
They've also borrowed more foreign exchange than they hold.
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You know, my school back in Sweden has a foreign exchange student program.
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The foreign exchange market ceased all transactions after 5 minutes.
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Typically, the controls are imposed to try to protect a government's limited stock of foreign exchange reserves.
Academic text (1991) -
The trade deficit has also widened, and foreign exchange reserves have dropped.
Academic text (1992) -
At the same time, foreign exchange reserves have risen from $57.4 billion in 2004 to almost $100 billion.
Academic text (2008) -
Beijing is also trying to slow the growth of its foreign exchange reserves by encouraging more capital outflows.
Academic text (2008) -
In 2011, China held the equivalent of $3.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves—more than any other country.
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The foreign exchange market allows traders to buy and sell different currencies around the world.
Synonyms
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3.5
Changing money from one currency to another
How Active
- Specialized
- Specialized
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'foreign' (from other countries) combined with 'exchange' (changing money) clearly denotes exchanging currencies or the system for doing so. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent compound and a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun foreign exchange comes from the simple picture of traders meeting to swap foreign coins and make an exchange of different countries' 'money'. So today foreign exchange means the market or system for changing one country's 'money' for another.