Matters or news occurring abroad. / Policy of a government in dealing with other countries or with activities overseas.

A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations. / Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.

A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place. / A language that is not one's native tongue.

(banking, finance) Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.

(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

Beforehand; paid in advance.

(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.

(management) The leader of a work crew. / (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. / (US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow. / (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.

(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To arm in preparation.