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counter currency


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The second currency in a currency pair. In a currency exchange, the exchange rate is quoted as the units of the counter currency in terms of a single unit of a base currency. For example, in a currency exchange of Japanese Yen for British pounds, the Yen is the counter currency. also called quote currency or terms currency.


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