exchange
noun
1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
Definition categories: phenomenon
2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- they had a bitter exchange
Definition categories: communication, conversation
3. the act of changing one thing for another thing
- Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
Similar word(s): interchange
Definition categories: act
4. the act of giving something in return for something received
- deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable
Definition categories: act, dealing, dealings, transaction
5. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
Similar word(s): central
Definition categories: man–made, work, workplace
6. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
Definition categories: man–made, work, workplace
7. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
Similar word(s): rally
Definition categories: act
8. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
Similar word(s): interchange
Definition categories: act, commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
9. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
Similar word(s): commutation, substitution
Definition categories: act, change
10. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- black lost the exchange
Definition categories: act, capture
11. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
- the endgame began after the exchange of queens
Definition categories: act, capture
Sentences with exchange as a noun:
- All in all, it was an even exchange.
- an exchange of cattle for grain
- The stock exchange is open for trading.
- The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.
- NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange.
- After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
verb
1. give to, and receive from, one another
- We have been exchanging letters for a year
Similar word(s): change, interchange
Definition categories: possession, transfer
2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
Similar word(s): change, commute, convert
Definition categories: change, replace
3. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
Similar word(s): switch
Definition categories: change, reverse, turn
4. hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- exchange prisoners
- exchange employees between branches of the company
Definition categories: social, reassign, transfer
5. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
Similar word(s): interchange, replace, substitute
Definition categories: possession, alter, change, modify
6. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Similar word(s): commute, convert
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with exchange as a verb:
- I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
- I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
- Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.