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exchange
[ iks-cheynj ]
verb (used with object)
- to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to replace (returned merchandise) with an equivalent or something else:
Most stores will allow the purchaser to exchange goods.
- to give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
to exchange blows; to exchange gifts.
- to part with in return for some equivalent; transfer for a recompense; barter:
to exchange goods with foreign countries.
- Chess. to capture (an enemy piece) in return for a capture by the opponent generally of pieces of equal value.
verb (used without object)
- to make an exchange; engage in bartering, replacing, or substituting one thing for another.
- to pass or be taken in exchange or as an equivalent.
noun
- the act, process, or an instance of exchanging:
The contesting nations arranged for an exchange of prisoners; money in exchange for services.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- something that is given or received in exchange or substitution for something else:
The car was a fair exchange.
- a place for buying and selling commodities, securities, etc., typically open only to members.
Synonyms:
- a central office or central station:
a telephone exchange.
- the method or system by which debits and credits in different places are settled without the actual transfer of money, by means of bills of exchange representing money values.
- the discharge of obligations in different places by the transfer of credits.
- the amount or percentage charged for exchanging money, collecting a draft, etc.
- the reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money, as in the currencies of two different countries.
- the giving or receiving of a sum of money in one place for a bill ordering the payment of an equivalent sum in another.
- the amount of the difference in value between two or more currencies, or between the values of the same currency at two or more places.
- the checks, drafts, etc., exchanged at a clearinghouse.
- Chess. a reciprocal capture of pieces of equivalent value by opponents in a single series of moves.
exchange
/ ɪˈʃɪԻ /
verb
- tr to give up, part with, or transfer (one thing) for an equivalent
to exchange francs for dollars
to exchange gifts
- tr to give and receive (information, ideas, etc); interchange
- tr to replace (one thing) with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods
- to transfer or hand over (goods) in return for the equivalent value in kind rather than in money; barter; trade
- tr chess to capture and surrender (pieces, usually of the same value) in a single sequence of moves
noun
- the act or process of exchanging
- anything given or received as an equivalent, replacement, or substitute for something else
- ( as modifier )
an exchange student
- an argument or quarrel; altercation
the two men had a bitter exchange
- Also calledtelephone exchange a switching centre in which telephone lines are interconnected
- a place where securities or commodities are sold, bought, or traded, esp by brokers or merchants
a stock exchange
a corn exchange
- ( as modifier )
an exchange broker
- the system by which commercial debts between parties in different places are settled by commercial documents, esp bills of exchange, instead of by direct payment of money
- the percentage or fee charged for accepting payment in this manner
- a transfer or interchange of sums of money of equivalent value, as between different national currencies or different issues of the same currency
- often plural the cheques, drafts, bills, etc, exchanged or settled between banks in a clearing house
- chess the capture by both players of pieces of equal value, usually on consecutive moves
- lose the exchangechess to lose a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- win the exchangechess to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- med another word for transfusion
- physics a process in which a particle is transferred between two nucleons, such as the transfer of a meson between two nucleons
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adjective
- ˈԲ, adverb
- ˌԲˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Բİ noun
- e·Բ verb (used with object) preexchanged preexchanging
- e·Բ verb reexchanged reexchanging
- ܲe·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exchange1
Idioms and Phrases
see in exchange .Example Sentences
The air crews brought desirable goods or “cargo,” much of which was exchanged to the islanders for their labor in building the airfields.
And because most market-rate housing developments now include some income-restricted affordable apartments provided by developers in exchange for increased project size, Los Angeles is getting fewer of those, too.
It’s a stalemate, and at the moment of highest tension, Fabian intervenes to exchange positions with Mook, saving her.
The opening exchanges were not to script but Northampton's internationals were crucial in wresting back momentum.
The president also suggested the US could offer a deal where China agrees to approve a TikTok sale in exchange for relief from US tariffs on Chinese imports.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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