 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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);
"they had a bitter exchange"
3: the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was
promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience";
"there was an exchange of prisoners"
4: the act of giving something in return for something
received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of
property are allowable"
5: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
where lines from telephones can be connected together to
permit communication [syn: {central}, {telephone exchange}]
6: a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
7: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;
"after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: {rally}]
8: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially
the currencies of different countries; "he earns his
living from the interchange of currency" [syn: {interchange}]
9: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of
another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution
came too late to help" [syn: {substitution}, {commutation}]
10: (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or
bishop; "black lost the exchange"
11: (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive
moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after
the exchange of queens"
verb
1: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change
places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a
year" [syn: {change}, {interchange}]
2: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind
or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";
"He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
"convert holdings into shares" [syn: {change}, {commute},
{convert}]
3: change over, change around, or switch over [syn: {switch
over}, {switch}]
4: hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent;
"exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between
branches of the company"
5: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: {commute}, {convert}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
exchange \ex*change"\ ([e^]ks*ch[=a]nj"), noun [OE. eschange,
eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. ['e]changer, to
exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf.
{Excamb}.]
1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an
exchange of cattle for grain.
2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another;
as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a
sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving
reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication
exchanged for another. --Shak.
4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between
parties residing at a distance from each other, without
the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts,
called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one
country and payable in another, in which case they are
called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made
payable in the same country, in which case they are called
inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often
abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in
London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws
a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London
purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due
from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New
York, who receives the amount from B.
5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be
equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
--Blackstone.
6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also,
the institution which sets regulations and maintains the
physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York
Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the
word was at one time often contracted to {'change}
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}.
{Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}.
{Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}.
{Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or
standard of value of one country when expressed in the
coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound
sterling in the currency of France or the United States.
The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure
for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the
demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a
bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds
sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange
is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at
or above par.
{Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of
any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected
to permit conversation.
Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exchange \Ex*change"\, verb (used without an object)
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in
exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exchange \Ex*change"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. ['e]changer. See
{Exchange}, noun]
1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration
of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
followed by for before the thing received.
Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a
sparking pebble or a diamond. --Locke.
2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
resign (something being received in place of the thing
parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
And death for life exchanged foolishly. --Spenser.
To shift his being
Is to exchange one misery with another. --Shak.
3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a
neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. --Shak.
Syn: To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck;
swap; traffic.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
332 Moby Thesaurus words for "exchange":
American Stock Exchange, Amex, ESP, Wall Street, abalienate,
abalienation, agency, agent, alien, alienate, alienation,
altercation, alternate, alternation, alternative, amortization,
amortize, amortizement, analogy, answer, area code, argument,
assign, assignation, assignment, backup, badinage, bandy, banter,
bargain, bargain and sale, barter, bartering,
battledore and shuttlecock, be quits with, bequeath, bequeathal,
board, boomerang, bourse, brokerage, buy and sell,
buying and selling, cede, cession, chaff, change, change for,
changeling, colloquial discourse, colloquy, comeback, commerce,
commodity exchange, communication, communion, commutation, commute,
comparison, compensate, compound for, confer, conferment,
conferral, congress, connection, consign, consignation,
consignment, contact, conversation, converse, conversing, convey,
conveyance, conveyancing, cooperate, cooperation, copy, corn pit,
correspondence, counter, counterblast, counterblow, counterchange,
counterfeit, counterstroke, cross fire, curb, curb exchange,
curb market, deal, dealing, dealings, deed, deed over, deeding,
delegation, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demise, deputation,
deputy, deputyship, devolve upon, disagreement, discourse,
displace, displacement, disposal, disposition, do business,
doing business, double, dub in, dummy, enfeoff, enfeoffment, equal,
equivalent, ersatz, exchange floor, fake, fill-in, fooling,
fooling around, get back at, get even with, ghost, ghostwriter,
give, give and take, give in exchange, give place to,
give title to, give-and-take, giving, good-natured banter, hand,
hand down, hand on, hand over, harmless teasing, horse trading,
horse-trade, imitation, information, interaction, interchange,
intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interlocution,
intermutation, interplay, jape, jest, jive, jobbing, joke, josh,
kidding, kidding around, lease and release, lex talionis,
linguistic intercourse, locum tenens, logroll, make do with,
make over, make way for, makeshift, market, measure for measure,
merchandising, message, metaphor, metonymy, mutual admiration,
mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, negotiate,
next best thing, offer in exchange, outside market,
over-the-counter market, pass, pass on, pass over, pay back,
permutation, permute, persiflage, personnel, phone book,
phone number, phony, pinch hitter, pit, pleasantry,
power of attorney, proxy, put up with, quarrel, quid pro quo,
quotation board, raillery, rallying, rapping, reciprocality,
reciprocate, reciprocation, reciprocity, recoil, redeem, relief,
replace, replacement, reply, representation, representative,
requite, reserves, respond, response, retailing, retaliate,
retaliation, retort, return, return the compliment, ridicule,
ring in, ringer, sale, second string, secondary, sell, settle,
settle on, settlement, settling, shift with, sign, sign away,
sign over, social intercourse, something for something, spares,
speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, sport,
stand-in, stock exchange, stock market, stock ticker, sub,
subrogation, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum,
supersedence, superseder, superseding, supersedure, supersession,
supplantation, supplanter, supplanting, supplantment, surrender,
surrogate, swap, swap horses, swapping, switch, symbol, synecdoche,
take in exchange, talking, telepathy, telephone area,
telephone directory, telephone exchange, telephone market,
telephone number, the Big Board, the Exchange, the Street,
third market, third string, ticker, ticker tape, tit for tat,
token, touch, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen,
trading, traffic, trafficking, transfer, transference,
transmission, transmit, transmittal, transposal, transpose,
transposition, truck, turn over, twit, two-way communication,
understudy, unpleasantness, utility player, verbal intercourse,
vesting, vicar, vicariousness, vice-president, vice-regent,
wheat pit, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling
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