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| ex·change [ iks cháynj ] |
verb (past and past participle ex·changed, present participle ex·chang·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·chang·es) |
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1. transitive verb give something and get something: to give something and receive something different in return
  exchange land for peace
exchange tokens for cash
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2. transitive and intransitive verb swap: to give something and receive another of the same or an equivalent in return
exchange glances
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3. transitive verb replace something: to hand something over and receive as a replacement something more suitable or more satisfactory
exchanged her coat for one a size smaller
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4. transitive verb chess take piece of similar value: in chess, to take a piece in return for one, usually of similar value, that an opponent has just taken or will soon take
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noun (plural ex·chang·es) |
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1. finance building used for commercial activities: a building used as a center for the trading of commodities, securities, or other assets, or the market operating there
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2. giving and receiving: the action or process or an instance of exchanging something for something else or for something the same
an exchange of compliments
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3. argument: a short conversation, often between two people or groups who are angry
a bitter exchange
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4. something given or received: something given or received in place of another
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5. finance system of payments: a system of payments in which commercial documents such as bills of exchange are used instead of money
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6. finance money transfer between two currencies: the transferring or a transfer of equal amounts of money between two currencies
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7. finance fee for payment: the percentage or fee that is charged when paying in commercial documents instead of money
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8. telecommunications
Same as telephone exchange
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9. chess taking of chess pieces: the taking of chess pieces of similar value by each player in consecutive or nearly consecutive moves
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10. physics transfer of particle: the transfer of an elementary particle of one type between two others of a different type, creating a force
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| [14th century. < Old French< assumed Vulgar Latin excambiare< late Latin cambiare "barter" (see change)] |
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