Exchange
noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 An act of exchanging or trading. countable, uncountable
"All in all, it was an even exchange."
- 2 (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value wordnet
- 3 A place for conducting trading. countable, uncountable
"The stock exchange is open for trading."
- 4 (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop wordnet
- 5 Ellipsis of telephone exchange.; A central office. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: wordnet
- 7 Ellipsis of telephone exchange.; The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office. countable, uncountable
"The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films."
- 8 reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) wordnet
- 9 A conversation. countable, uncountable
"After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser."
- 10 the act of giving something in return for something received wordnet
- 11 The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. countable, uncountable
- 12 the act of changing one thing for another thing wordnet
- 13 The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.; The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook. countable, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article
- 14 (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes wordnet
- 15 The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange."
- 16 a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication wordnet
- 17 The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane. countable, uncountable
- 18 a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members wordnet
- 19 The difference between the values of money in different places. countable, uncountable
- 20 a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one) wordnet
- 21 Clipping of exchange of contracts. England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 22 chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another wordnet
- 1 To trade or barter. transitive
"I'll gladly exchange my place for yours."
- 2 change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence wordnet
- 3 To mutually direct at each other. figuratively, transitive
"The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets."
- 4 exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category wordnet
- 5 To replace with, as a substitute. transitive
"I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size."
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- 6 exchange a penalty for a less severe one wordnet
- 7 Clipping of exchange contracts. England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 8 give to, and receive from, one another wordnet
- 9 To recommend and get recommendations. transitive
- 10 put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items wordnet
- 11 hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent wordnet
Example
More examples"The exchange rates for foreign currency change daily."
Etymology
From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change.
From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.