foreign exchange

foreign exchange

English

Noun

foreign exchange (countable and uncountable, plural foreign exchanges)

1. The exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country.
2. (India) Foreign currency.
   • 1999, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999, NO. 42 OF 1999 [29th December, 1999.]

     "foreign exchange" means foreign currency and includes,- (i) deposits, credits and balances payable in any foreign currency, (ii) drafts, travelers cheques, letters of credit or bills of exchange, expressed or drawn in Indian currency but payable in any foreign currency, (iii) drafts, travelers cheques, letters of credit or bills of exchange drawn by banks, institutions or persons outside India, but payable in Indian currency;

Synonyms

• forex

Derived terms

• foreign exchange market

Translations

exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country

Arabic: سوق صرف العملات‎ Armenian: տարադրամի փոխանակում (taradrami pʿoxanakum) Bulgarian: чужда валута f (čužda valuta) Chinese: Mandarin: 外匯 (zh), 外汇 (zh) (wàihuì) Finnish: valuutanvaihto (fi) French: marché des changes m, forex m Georgian: უცხოური ვალუტის გაცვლა (ucxouri valuṭis gacvla) German: Devisenmarkt Hebrew: מטבע חוץ‎ (he) Indonesian: pasar valuta asing Japanese: 外国為替 (がいこくかわせ, gaikoku kawase) Khmer: ប្ដូរប្រាក់បរទេស (pdoo prak bɑɑrəteeh)

Korean: 외환 시장 (oehwan sijang) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latvian: ārvalstu valūtas tirgus m Malay: pasaran pertukaran asing Portuguese: câmbio (pt) m Romanian: schimb valutar n, schimb de valută n, schimburi valutare n pl, schimb de devize n Russian: обме́н иностра́нной валю́ты m (obmén inostránnoj valjúty) Spanish: cambio de divisa m Tagalog: palitang panlabas Tamil: அன்னியச் செலாவணி (ta) (aṉṉiyac celāvaṇi) Thai: ตลาดเงินตราต่างประเทศ (dtàlàat ngern dtraa dtàang bpràtâyt) Turkish: uluslararası döviz piyasası

foreign currency — see foreign currency