From Longman Business Dictionarycurrency riskˈcurrency ˌrisk [countable, uncountable]FINANCE the danger that changes in a currency’s value may affect the value of investments or of a company’s exportsThese countries don’t take a currency risk when buying US securities because their major export, oil, is priced in US dollars.There is a range of futures, swaps and currency options to hedge against (=try not to be affected by) currency risk. → risk