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Exchange   /ɪkstʃˈeɪndʒ/   Listen
Exchange

noun
1.
Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
2.
A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one).
3.
The act of changing one thing for another thing.  Synonym: interchange.  "There was an interchange of prisoners"
4.
The act of giving something in return for something received.
5.
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.  Synonyms: central, telephone exchange.
6.
A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.
7.
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.  Synonym: rally.
8.
Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).  Synonym: interchange.
9.
The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.  Synonyms: commutation, substitution.
10.
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop.
11.
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value.
verb
(past & past part. exchanged; pres. part. exchanging)
1.
Give to, and receive from, one another.  Synonyms: change, interchange.  "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
2.
Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.  Synonyms: change, commute, convert.  "He changed his name" , "Convert centimeters into inches" , "Convert holdings into shares"
3.
Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.  Synonyms: switch, switch over.
4.
Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.  "Exchange employees between branches of the company"
5.
Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.  Synonyms: interchange, replace, substitute.  "Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" , "Synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
6.
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.  Synonyms: commute, convert.



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"Exchange" Quotes from Famous Books



... cold to him and pointed their fingers at him as a coward, but when he said he had only one arrow left and had wanted that to get a sealskin coat for Tommy's mother, and, as he had the sealskin coat, they could not contradict him, but graciously gave him, in exchange for the coat, the bear-meat which ...
— Tommy Trots Visit to Santa Claus • Thomas Nelson Page
... the more I saw for which to be thankful. The more I considered my blessings, the more I appreciated them. And many a time since have I looked out upon the passers-by or listened to their merriment, and have said to myself, "I would not exchange places with you; for I am saved; I have the treasure of God's love; I have the presence of the Holy Spirit; I have the joys of salvation; I have a mansion in heaven." I knew that most of the passers-by did not have these things, and so I was blessed more than they. What were health and ...
— Heart Talks • Charles Wesley Naylor
... thee I will back him or—or—" He did not finish his sentence, and the two went out to the inn yard, where stood a horse which did not seem to be particularly vicious. And the animal was soon in the possession of the spy for a very fair sum in exchange. ...
— A Boy's Ride • Gulielma Zollinger
... from the waking to the dreaming state is in general to exchange a prosaic and matter-of-fact world for one of fantastic improbabilities; but it is safe to assume that the three persons who fell asleep beneath Miss Ludington's roof that morning, just as the birds began to twitter, encountered in dreamland no experiences so strange ...
— Miss Ludington's Sister • Edward Bellamy
... feet, as they quitted the bridge and plunged into the narrow but bustling and busy streets. She had always been kept rigorously at home on all occasions of public rejoicing and merriment, and it was a perfect delight to her to see the holiday look about the passers by, and exchange friendly good wishes with such acquaintances as she met by the way. She had put on her best gown, and a little ruff round her neck: her aunt would not let her wear such "gewgaws" in a general way, but the girl loved to fabricate them out of ...
— The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn - A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot • Evelyn Everett-Green


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