rate of exchange
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rate of exchange
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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In the inevitable trade-off between efficiency and performance, that’s a reasonable rate of exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
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
Chinese Government expenditures, when translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rate of exchange, are on a Lilliputian scale.
From Time Magazine Archive
More often the rate of exchange is usurious on the part of the man.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
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