exchange

Plural: exchanges

Noun

• chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
• a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
  • "they had a bitter exchange"
• the act of changing one thing for another thing
  • "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"
• the act of giving something in return for something received
  • "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
• a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
• a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
• (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
• reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
• the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
• (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
  • "black lost the exchange"
• (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
  • "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
• An act of exchanging or trading.
• A place for conducting trading.
• A telephone exchange.
• The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
• A conversation.
• The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
• 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.
• The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
• The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
• The difference between the values of money in different places.
• Clipping of exchange of contracts.

Verb

Verb Forms: exchanged, exchanging, exchanges

• To give something and receive something else in return.
• give to, and receive from, one another
• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
• change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
• hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
  • "exchange prisoners"
  • "exchange employees between branches of the company"
• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
• exchange a penalty for a less severe one
• To trade or barter.
• To mutually direct at each other.
• To replace with, as a substitute.
• Clipping of exchange contracts.
• To recommend and get recommendations.

Examples

• After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
• All in all, it was an even exchange.
• an exchange of cattle for grain
• I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
• I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
• I'll help you out this time, depending on what can you give me in exchange.
• NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange.
• Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
• Sometimes it’s wise to EXCHANGE troublesome tiles for a fresh rack in Scrabble.
• The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.
• The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
• The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
• The stock exchange is open for trading.

Synonyms

central, change, commutation, commute, convert, interchange, rally, replace, substitute, substitution, switch, switch over, telephone exchange, barter, swap, trade, truck, wrixle

Anagrams of exchange