The currency exchange rate is the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another. It is always quoted in pairs like the EUR/USD (the euro and the U.S. dollar) or USD/CAD (the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar). This is a standard used across the industry. The first currency of a currency pair is called the “base currency,” and the second currency is called the “quote currency.” The currency pair shows how much of the quote currency is needed to purchase one unit of the base currency. Most of the time, the U.S. dollar is considered the base currency, and quotes are expressed in units of US $1 per quote currency (for example, USD/JPY or USD/CAD). The only exceptions to this convention are quotes in relation to the euro (EUR), the pound sterling (GBP) and the Australian dollar (AUD). These three are quoted as dollars per foreign currency and are represented as EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD.
For example, the EUR/USD rate represents the number of USD one EUR can buy. If the current rate for EUR/USD is 1.381683 and you are converting EUR to USD, you would receive approximately 1.381683 U.S. dollars for each euro you exchange (1 x 1.381683). Conversely, if you are converting USD to EUR, you would receive approximately 0.7237 euros for each U.S. dollar (1/1.381683).
Currency exchange rates can only be obtained by inputting the following information on the Currency Exchange ticket:
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