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FEC

FEC is the initialism of foreign exchange certificate.

FEC is the initialism of forward error correction.

FEC is the initialism of Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

FEC is the initialism of Federal Election Commission.

Meaning of foreign exchange certificate

Noun

foreign exchange certificate (plural foreign exchange certificates)

  1. A surrogate currency often used as a tool to control circulation of foreign exchange in countries where the national currency is subject to exchange controls or is not convertible. The certificates may be denominated in local or foreign currency, depending on the exact purpose of the regulation.
  2. A document authorizing a purchase of foreign currency; used as a tool to regulate foreign exchange movements across the national border.

Forms of FEC

pluralFECs

Questions about FEC

What is FEC the initialism of?
FEC is the initialism of foreign exchange certificate.

Words near FEC in the dictionary

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  3. Feburary
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  6. FEC
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  8. fecal impaction
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  10. fecal matter
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Adapted from Wiktionary: FEC (page history and authors); foreign exchange certificate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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