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exchange rate

noun

  1. the ratio at which a unit of the currency of one country can be exchanged for that of another country.


exchange rate

noun

  1. the rate at which the currency unit of one country may be exchanged for that of another


exchange rate

  1. The price at which one currency can be purchased with another currency or gold. At any time, for example, one U.S. dollar can purchase a certain number of EU euros or Japanese yen.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of exchange rate1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

In just a few hours on Tuesday, the dollar exchange rate collapsed from 64 to 80 rubles before climbing back to about 68.

On Wednesday, it fell to another record low exchange rate of 54.8 to the dollar.

Can he get rid of the corrupt multiple exchange rate system and tame inflation?

On the black-market, Iranian moneylenders peg the real exchange rate far higher, at more than 35,000 rials per dollar.

The ads feature items priced in Chinese yuan, which at current exchange rate come out to between $64 and $237.

England was able for a long time to keep up her exchange rate in New York.

The IMF regularly monitors exchange rate policies, the general economic situation and other economic policies.

This exchange rate was valid only for commercial transactions.

They hammered the exchange rate down and bought silver, then boosted the rate skyward and sold.

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