Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreign currency

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
for-eign cur-ren-cy
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

foreign currencies (plural)

Synonyms

foreign money foreign exchange devisen

Questions

What does foreign currency mean?
Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.

How to pronounce foreign currency

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