"foreign currency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreign currencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foreign currency (countable and uncountable, plural foreign currencies)
  1. (banking, finance) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Banking, Currency, Finance Synonyms: foreign money, foreign exchange, devisen Translations (currency used in a foreign country): արտարժույթ (artaržuytʻ) (Armenian), տարադրամ (taradram) (Armenian), վալյուտա (valyuta) [dated] (Armenian), divisa [feminine] (Catalan), 外幣 (Chinese Mandarin), 外币 (wàibì) (Chinese Mandarin), cizí měna [feminine] (Czech), valuta (note: in cash) [feminine] (Czech), deviza (note: not in cash) [feminine] (Czech), fremmed valuta [common-gender] (Danish), vreemde valuta [feminine] (Dutch), buitenlandse valuta [feminine] (Dutch), välisvaluuta (Estonian), ulkomaanvaluutta (Finnish), monnaie étrangère [feminine] (French), უცხოური ვალუტა (ucxouri valuṭa) (Georgian), Fremdwährung [feminine] (German), ξένο νόμισμα (xéno nómisma) [feminine] (Greek), מַטְבֵּעַ חוּץ (matbéa khuts) [masculine] (Hebrew), deviza (Hungarian), valuta (Hungarian), valuta asing (Indonesian), moneta straniera [feminine] (Italian), 外貨 (gaika) (alt: がいか) (Japanese), 외화 (oehwa) (Korean), деви́зи (devízi) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), waluta zagraniczna [feminine] (Polish), dewizy [feminine, plural] (Polish), moeda estrangeira [feminine] (Portuguese), valută străină [feminine] (Romanian), иностра́нная валю́та (inostránnaja valjúta) [feminine] (Russian), валю́та (valjúta) [feminine] (Russian), moneda extranjera [feminine] (Spanish), divisa [feminine] (Spanish), utländsk valuta [common-gender] (Swedish), döviz (Turkish), інозе́мна валю́та (inozémna valjúta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ngoại tệ (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
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          "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "иностра́нная валю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valjúta",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "валю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moneda extranjera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "divisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utländsk valuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "word": "döviz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "inozémna valjúta",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інозе́мна валю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "currency used in a foreign country",
      "word": "ngoại tệ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foreign currency"
}

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