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forex

Syllables: for·exUK/ˈfɔɹˌɛks/

forex noun: syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.

forex: syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange
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Noun

forex (countable and uncountable, plural forexes)

  1. Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
    • If the results of talks with a number of American bankers in Europe reporting on the new scale (post Herstatt) of their forex dealings, plus what they say of their European colleagues and what "reliable sources" in London project, go into a pocket electronic calculator the display lights up with...1974, Bankers Monthly, Northbrook, Ill.: Hanover Publishers, →OCLC, page 199, column 1
    • The number of forexes has increased steadily and 41 had been licensed by December, 1990, of which 33 were active.1992, Uganda: Industrial Revitalization and Reorientation, [Vienna]: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, →OCLC, page 10

forex meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

forex in Hindi

फॉरेक्स

forex in Tamil

அயலகச் செலவாணி

forex in Marathi

फॉरेक्स

forex in Urdu

فاریکس
More languagesFewer languages
forex in Bengali
ফরেক্স
forex in Telugu
ఫారెక్స్, విదీశీ
forex in Malayalam
ഫോറെക്സ്
forex in Kannada
ಫಾರೆಕ್ಸ್
forex in Punjabi
ਫਾਰੇਕਸ
forex in Gujarati
ફોરેક્સ
forex in Odia
ଫରେକ୍ସ, ଫୋରେକ୍ସ
forex in Nepali
फोरेक्स, फरेक्स

Forms of forex

pluralforexes

Origin of forex

Blend of for(eign) + ex(change).

Questions about forex

What does forex mean?
Forex means syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
What is forex in Hindi?
Forex in Hindi is फॉरेक्स. See Forex meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forex?
Forex is a noun.
How do you pronounce forex?
Forex is pronounced /ˈfɔɹˌɛks/ (UK).
What is the plural of forex?
The plural of forex is forexes.

Words near forex in the dictionary

  1. forewrites
  2. forewriting
  3. forewritten
  4. forewrote
  5. forewrought
  6. forex
  7. forexes
  8. foreyard
  9. foreyards
  10. foreyear
  11. foreyears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forex (page history and authors); forex (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forex (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forex (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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