exchange rate

noun

The rate at which one currency may be exchanged for another currency.

Meanings

nounexchange rate (plural exchange rates)

plural exchange rates

  1. businessThe rate at which one currency may be exchanged for another currency.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another

Broader
ratecharge per unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans wisselkoers
  • wisselkoerscurrency rate (finance)
Arabic سِعْر صَرْف
  • سِعْر صَرْف (siʕr ṣarf)currency rate (finance)
Bulgarian валутен курс
  • валутен курс (valuten kurs)currency rate (finance)
Chinese Cantonese 匯率 /汇率
  • 匯率 /汇率currency rate (finance)
Chinese Mandarin 匯率 /汇率
  • 匯率 /汇率 (huìlǜ)currency rate (finance)
Czech měnový kurz
  • měnový kurzcurrency rate (finance)
Dutch wisselkoers
  • wisselkoerscurrency rate (finance)
Esperanto kurzo
  • kurzocurrency rate (finance)
Finnish valuuttakurssi
  • valuuttakurssicurrency rate (finance)
French taux de change
  • taux de changecurrency rate (finance)
German Wechselkurs
  • Wechselkurscurrency rate (finance)
Hindi विनिमय दर
  • विनिमय दर (vinimay dar)currency rate (finance)
Hungarian árfolyam
  • árfolyamcurrency rate (finance)
Indonesian nilai tukar, kurs
  • nilai tukarcurrency rate (finance)
  • kurscurrency rate (finance)
Italian tasso di cambio
  • tasso di cambiocurrency rate (finance)
Japanese 為替レート, 為替相場
  • 為替レート (kawase rēto)currency rate (finance)
  • 為替相場 (kawase sōba)currency rate (finance)
Korean 환율
  • 환율 (hwanyul)currency rate (finance)
Latin collybus
  • collybuscurrency rate (finance)
Malay kadar pertukaran
  • kadar pertukarancurrency rate (finance)
Māori pāpātanga whakawhiti, pāpātanga whakawhiti moni
  • pāpātanga whakawhiticurrency rate (finance)
  • pāpātanga whakawhiti monicurrency rate (finance)
Norwegian valutakurs, vekslingskurs
  • valutakurscurrency rate (finance)
  • vekslingskurscurrency rate (finance)
Persian نرخ ارز
  • نرخ ارز (nerx-e arz)currency rate (finance)
Polish kurs, kurs wymiany
  • kurscurrency rate (finance)
  • kurs wymianycurrency rate (finance)
Portuguese taxa de câmbio
  • taxa de câmbiocurrency rate (finance)
Romanian curs valutar, curs de schimb
  • curs valutarcurrency rate (finance)
  • curs de schimbcurrency rate (finance)
Russian курс обме́на, валю́тный курс
  • курс обме́на (kurs obména)currency rate (finance)
  • валю́тный курс (valjútnyj kurs)currency rate (finance)
  • курс (kurs)currency rate (finance)
Spanish tipo de cambio
  • tipo de cambiocurrency rate (finance)
Swahili kiwango cha ubadilishaji
  • kiwango cha ubadilishajicurrency rate (finance)
Swedish växelkurs
  • växelkurscurrency rate (finance)
Turkish döviz kuru
  • döviz kurucurrency rate (finance)
Ukrainian валю́тний курс
  • валю́тний курс (valjútnyj kurs)currency rate (finance)
Vietnamese tỷ giá hối đoái
  • tỷ giá hối đoáicurrency rate (finance)
Cite this entry
APA

exchange rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exchange%20rate

MLA

“exchange rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exchange%20rate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exchange rate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exchange%20rate.

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