rate of exchange
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rate of exchange
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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The result was that many countries found themselves with currencies fixed at an inappropriate rate of exchange to those of other countries.
From Economist • Nov. 8, 2013
The rate of exchange increases throughout gestation as the villi become thinner and increasingly branched.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
He promised to peg the peso at a more "realistic" rate of exchange and announced plans to restructure the federal bureaucracy and eliminate waste.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a fact that the total Government expenditures for the year 1947, at the present rate of exchange, will amount to approximately $1 billion U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
I coolly asked Mr. Nazro what was the prevailing rate of exchange, and he replied that it was $4.80 to the pound.
From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis
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