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)
• the act of changing one thing for another thing
• 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
• (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
• plural of exchange

Verb

• 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
• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
• exchange a penalty for a less severe one

Synonyms

central, change, commutation, commute, convert, exchange, interchange, rally, replace, substitute, substitution, switch, switch over, telephone exchange