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 Definitions of eXchange  [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ]  

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Definition of 'eXchange' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) exchange
to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent or substitute.

2.  exchange
to replace (returned merchandise) with something else.

3.  exchange
to give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
to exchange blows; to exchange gifts.

4.  exchange
to transfer for a recompense; barter:
to exchange goods with foreign countries.

5. (v.i.) exchange
to make an exchange; engage in bartering, replacing, or substituting one thing for another.

6.  exchange
to pass or be taken in exchange or as an equivalent.

7. (n.) exchange
the act, process, or an instance of exchanging.

8.  exchange
something that is given or received as a replacement or substitution for something else:
The car was a fair exchange.

9.  exchange
a place for buying and selling commodities, securities, etc., typically open only to members.

10.  exchange
a central office or central station:
a telephone exchange.

11.  exchange
the settling of debits and credits by bills of exchange rather than by the actual transfer of money.

12.  exchange
the settling of financial obligations by the transfer of credits.

13.  exchange
the reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money, as in the currencies of two different countries.

14.  exchange
the amount of the difference in value between two or more currencies.

15.  exchange
the difference in value of the same currency in two different places.

16.  exchange
the checks, drafts, etc., exchanged at a clearinghouse.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME eschaungen < AF eschaungier < VL *excambiāre (see ex -1, change ))

Definition of 'eXchange' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) exchange
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

2. (noun) exchange
a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
"they had a bitter exchange"

3. (noun) exchange, interchange
the act of changing one thing for another thing
"Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"

4. (noun) exchange
the act of giving something in return for something received
"deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"

5. (noun) central, telephone exchange, exchange
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

6. (noun) exchange
a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

7. (noun) rally, exchange
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
"after a short rally Connors won the point"

8. (noun) exchange, interchange
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
"he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

9. (noun) substitution, exchange, commutation
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"

10. (noun) exchange
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
"black lost the exchange"

11. (verb) exchange
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
"the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

12. (verb) exchange, change, interchange
give to, and receive from, one another
"Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

13. (verb) change, exchange, commute, convert
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"

14. (verb) switch over, switch, exchange
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

15. (verb) exchange
hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
"exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

16. (verb) substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

17. (verb) commute, convert, exchange
exchange a penalty for a less severe one


Definition of 'eXchange' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) exchange
when sb gives or says sth in return for sth
an exchange of information; He bought me dinner in exchange for two hours of work.

2.  exchange
a conversation or argument
a brief exchange

3.  exchange
the process of changing money from one currency to another
currency exchange

4.  exchange
an arrangement when people from organizations in different countries visit each other
a college exchange program

5. (verb) exchange
to give or say sth to sb in return for sth
We exchanged gifts.; to exchange ideas/information; He exchanged his gold bracelet for food.

6.  exchange
to change money from one currency to another
to exchange dollars for euros


Definition of 'eXchange' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) eXchange
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. (noun) eXchange
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. (noun) eXchange
the thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another

4. (noun) eXchange
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

5. (noun) eXchange
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

6. (noun) eXchange
the place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change

7. (noun) eXchange
to part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received

8. (noun) eXchange
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

9. (noun) eXchange
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

10. (verb) eXchange
to be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes


Translation of 'eXchange' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give, or give up, in return for something else
Can you exchange a dollar note for two 50-cent pieces?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: omruiling Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَبْدِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обменяма
Brazilian flag Brazilian: trocar Czech flag Czech: směnit German flag German: wechseln
Danish flag Danish: veksle; bytte Greek flag Greek: αλλάζω Spanish flag Spanish: cambiar
Estonian flag Estonian: (ümber) vahetama Farsi flag Farsi: معاوضه کردن Finnish flag Finnish: vaihtaa
French flag French: changer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִיף Hindi flag Hindi: अदला-बदली करना
Croatian flag Croatian: zamijeniti, izmijeniti Hungarian flag Hungarian: vált Indonesian flag Indonesian: menukar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skiptaá Italian flag Italian: cambiare Japanese flag Japanese: 交換する
Korean flag Korean: 교환하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iškeisti Latvian flag Latvian: []mainīt
Malay flag Malay: tukar Dutch flag Dutch: ruilen, wisselen Norwegian flag Norwegian: bytte, veksle
Polish flag Polish: wymieniać, zmieniać Persian flag Persian: معاوضه کردن Pashto flag Pashto: بدلون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: trocar Romanian flag Romanian: a schim­ba Russian flag Russian: разменивать
Slovak flag Slovak: rozmeniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: zamenjati Serbian flag Serbian: razmeniti
Swedish flag Swedish: växla Thai flag Thai: แลก Turkish flag Turkish: değiştirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 兌換 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: обміняти Urdu flag Urdu: کسی شے سے بدلنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đổi Chinese flag Chinese: 兑换

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'eXchange' - Nearby Entries  

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