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Exchange

//ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of exchanging or trading. countable, uncountable

    "All in all, it was an even exchange."

  2. 2
    (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value wordnet
  3. 3
    A place for conducting trading. countable, uncountable

    "The stock exchange is open for trading."

  4. 4
    (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of telephone exchange.; A central office. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) wordnet
  4. 9
    A conversation. countable, uncountable

    "After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser."

  5. 10
    the act of giving something in return for something received wordnet
  6. 11
    The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    the act of changing one thing for another thing wordnet
  8. 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
  9. 14
    (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes wordnet
  10. 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."

  11. 16
    a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication wordnet
  12. 17
    The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members wordnet
  14. 19
    The difference between the values of money in different places. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one) wordnet
  16. 21
    Clipping of exchange of contracts. England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To trade or barter. transitive

    "I'll gladly exchange my place for yours."

  2. 2
    change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence wordnet
  3. 3
    To mutually direct at each other. figuratively, transitive

    "The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets."

  4. 4
    exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    exchange a penalty for a less severe one wordnet
  2. 7
    Clipping of exchange contracts. England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  3. 8
    give to, and receive from, one another wordnet
  4. 9
    To recommend and get recommendations. transitive
  5. 10
    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items wordnet
  6. 11
    hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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