Exchange Rate
What Exchange Rate means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas.
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Reference: AQA
The price of one currency in another, for example £1 buys a number of euros or dollars.
The price of one currency expressed in terms of another currency.
The value of one currency expressed in terms of another currency.
Topics that use Exchange Rate
- Globalisation (AQA GCSE)
- Influences on business (AQA GCSE)
- Influences on business (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Globalisation
- Adapting the marketing mix to external pressures
- Application of business concepts to context
- Batch Production
- Buffer stock
- Business ethics
- Business operations
- Cause and effect reasoning in business
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