exchanger

UK: /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒə/

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exchanger / ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒə/ noun

1. a person or thing that exchanges

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•change /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/   v., -changed, -chang•ing, n. 

1. to give up (something) for something else: [~ + object]
   I went back to the store and exchanged the defective radio.
   [~ + object + for + object]
   I exchanged the radio for a new one.
2. to give and receive reciprocally;
   interchange:
   [~ + object] We exchange gifts on the holiday.
3. to transfer for money;
   barter;
   buy and sell;
   trade:
   [~ + object] exchanged our dollars for French francs.

n. 

4. the act, process, or an instance of exchanging:
   [countable] an exchange of prisoners.
   [uncountable* in + ~]
   The trapper got some coffee, flour, and gunpowder in exchange for his furs.
5. something given or received as a replacement or substitution for something else:
   [countable] The car was a fair exchange.
6. a place for buying and selling goods, commodities, securities, etc.:
   [countable] a stock exchange.
7. a central office or central station:
   [countable] a telephone exchange.
8. Business the transfer of equivalent sums of money, as in the currencies of two different countries:
   [countable] We made an exchange of our dollars for Russian rubles.

ex•change•a•ble, adj. 
ex•chang•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•change  (iks chānj′), v., -changed, -chang•ing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to give up (something) for something else;
   part with for some equivalent;
   change for another.
2. to replace (returned merchandise) with an equivalent or something else:
   Most stores will allow the purchaser to exchange goods.
3. to give and receive reciprocally;
   interchange:
   to exchange blows; to exchange gifts.
4. to part with in return for some equivalent;
   transfer for a recompense;
   barter:
   to exchange goods with foreign countries.
5. Chess to capture (an enemy piece) in return for a capture by the opponent generally of pieces of equal value.

v.i. 

6. to make an exchange;
   engage in bartering, replacing, or substituting one thing for another.
7. to pass or be taken in exchange or as an equivalent.

n. 

8. the act, process, or an instance of exchanging:
   The contesting nations arranged for an exchange of prisoners; money in exchange for services.
9. something that is given or received in exchange or substitution for something else:
   The car was a fair exchange.
10. a place for buying and selling commodities, securities, etc., typically open only to members.
11. a central office or central station:
    a telephone exchange.
12. Business the method or system by which debits and credits in different places are settled without the actual transfer of money, by means of bills of exchange representing money values.
13. Business the discharge of obligations in different places by the transfer of credits.
14. Business the amount or percentage charged for exchanging money, collecting a draft, etc.
15. Business the reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money, as in the currencies of two different countries.
16. Business the giving or receiving of a sum of money in one place for a bill ordering the payment of an equivalent sum in another.
17. Business See exchange rate. 
18. Business the amount of the difference in value between two or more currencies, or between the values of the same currency at two or more places.
19. Business the checks, drafts, etc., exchanged at a clearinghouse.
20. Chess a reciprocal capture of pieces of equivalent value by opponents in a single series of moves.

• Anglo-French (Old French eschange), derivative of eschaungier; modern spelling, spelled with ex- on the model of ex-¹
• Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (see ex-, change); (noun, nominal) Middle English eschaunge
• Anglo-French eschaungier
• (verb, verbal) Middle English eschaungen 1250–1300

ex•chang′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. interchange, commute, barter, trade, swap.
• 8. interchange, trade, traffic, business, commerce, barter.
• 10. market.