exchange controls
noun [plural]Definition
› ECONOMICS, FINANCE government rules that limit the amount of a country's currency that can be changed into another: impose/adopt/introduce exchange controls The European Commission said there were no plans to impose exchange controls. relax/remove/lift exchange controls
(Definition of exchange controls noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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