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HEDGE CURRENCY [5 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 2 2017-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Loans
DEF

A clause in an agreement which offers the lender repayment in terms of the price of gold equivalent to the currency at the time the loan was made. In times of devaluation, such a clause is a hedge against inflation. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

[...] stipulation tendant à assurer la stabilité du pouvoir d'achat d'une créance ou d'une obligation déterminée, par référence à un poids d'or.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Préstamos
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Record 3 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Banking
DEF

[A] hedging technique to guard against foreign exchange fluctuations ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Banque
DEF

Couverture établie dans le but de réduire ou de compenser l'exposition à des fluctuations du cours du change.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Compra o venta de divisas a plazo, con el objetivo de cubrir el riesgo de cambio en una operación comercial o financiera. Se denomina seguro porque fija de antemano la tasa de cambio a que se va a hacer la transacción.

OBS

seguro de cambio: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 1998-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A transaction where assets/liabilities are matched by currency.

Key term(s)
  • currency hedge transaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
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Record 5 1994-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Comptabilité
OBS

Source(s) : Exposé-sondage sur la conversion des devises, septembre 1993, p. 1.

Spanish

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