Definition of Short of Exchange

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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Short of Exchange



Short of Exchange -- The position of a foreign exchange trader who has sold more foreign currency of a particular country than he has in possession to cover sales.

historic definition...

Short of exchange -- When a drawer of (foreign) exchange has issued (sold) exchange against merely his credit with the concerns upon which he has drawn or in excess of the commercial or other bills which he has on hand to use in covering (paying) the exchange which he has sold he is short of exchange.



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