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.
to give and receive reciprocally; interchange:[~ + object]We exchange gifts on the holiday.
to transfer for money; barter; buy and sell; trade:[~ + object]exchanged our dollars for French francs.
n.
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.
something given or received as a replacement or substitution for something else:[countable]The car was a fair exchange.
a place for buying and selling goods, commodities, securities, etc.:[countable]a stock exchange.
a central office or central station:[countable]a telephone exchange.
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.
to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
to replace (returned merchandise) with an equivalent or something else:Most stores will allow the purchaser to exchange goods.
to give and receive reciprocally; interchange:to exchange blows; to exchange gifts.
to part with in return for some equivalent; transfer for a recompense; barter:to exchange goods with foreign countries.
Chessto capture (an enemy piece) in return for a capture by the opponent generally of pieces of equal value.
v.i.
to make an exchange; engage in bartering, replacing, or substituting one thing for another.
to pass or be taken in exchange or as an equivalent.
n.
the act, process, or an instance of exchanging:The contesting nations arranged for an exchange of prisoners; money in exchange for services.
something that is given or received in exchange or substitution for something else:The car was a fair exchange.
a place for buying and selling commodities, securities, etc., typically open only to members.
a central office or central station:a telephone exchange.
Businessthe 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.
Businessthe discharge of obligations in different places by the transfer of credits.
Businessthe amount or percentage charged for exchanging money, collecting a draft, etc.
Businessthe reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money, as in the currencies of two different countries.
Businessthe giving or receiving of a sum of money in one place for a bill ordering the payment of an equivalent sum in another.
BusinessSee exchange rate.
Businessthe amount of the difference in value between two or more currencies, or between the values of the same currency at two or more places.
Businessthe checks, drafts, etc., exchanged at a clearinghouse.
Chessa 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.
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interchange, commute, barter, trade, swap.
(transitive)to give up, part with, or transfer (one thing) for an equivalent: to exchange gifts, to exchange Swiss francs for dollars
(transitive)to give and receive (information, ideas, etc); interchange
(transitive)to replace (one thing) with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods
to transfer or hand over (goods) in return for the equivalent value in kind rather than in money; barter; trade
(transitive)to capture and surrender (pieces, usually of the same value) in a single sequence of moves
the act or process of exchanging
anything given or received as an equivalent, replacement, or substitute for something else
(as modifier): an exchange student
an argument or quarrel; altercation: the two men had a bitter exchange
Also called:telephone exchangea switching centre in which telephone lines are interconnected
a place where securities or commodities are sold, bought, or traded, esp by brokers or merchants: a stock exchange, a corn exchange
(as modifier): an exchange broker
the system by which commercial debts between parties in different places are settled by commercial documents, esp bills of exchange, instead of by direct payment of money
the percentage or fee charged for accepting payment in this manner
a transfer or interchange of sums of money of equivalent value, as between different national currencies or different issues of the same currency
(often plural)the cheques, drafts, bills, etc, exchanged or settled between banks in a clearing house
the capture by both players of pieces of equal value, usually on consecutive moves
lose the exchange ⇒ to lose a rook in return for a bishop or knight
win the exchange ⇒ to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
another word fortransfusion2
a process in which a particle is transferred between two nucleons, such as the transfer of a meson between two nucleons
See alsobill of exchange, labour exchangeEtymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French eschaungier, from Vulgar Latin excambiāre (unattested), from Latin cambīre to barterexˈchangeableexˌchangeaˈbilityexˈchangeably
'mutual exchange' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):