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   exchange

   /ɪksˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒ/

   noun

   • 1. an act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return: "negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace" Similar interchangetradetradingtrade-offswappingbartergiving and takingtraffictraffickingbandyingreciprocityarchaic:truck
   • ▪ a visit or visits in which two people or groups from different countries stay with each other or do each other's jobs: "an exchange visit to Germany"
   • 2. the changing of money to its equivalent in the currency of another country: "they provided me with currency exchange at competitive rates"
   • ▪ a system or market in which commercial transactions involving currency, shares, etc. can be carried out within or between countries.
   • ▪ a building or institution used for the trading of a particular commodity or commodities: "the old Corn Exchange" Similar stock exchangemoney marketbourse
   • 3. a short conversation or an argument: "there was a heated exchange" Similar conversationdialoguechattalkworddiscussionmeetingconferencedebateargumentaltercationwar of wordsinformal:confabrowbarneyslanging matchformal:confabulationrare:colloquy
   • 4. short for telephone exchange
   • 5. a move or short sequence of moves in which both players capture material of comparable value, or particularly the exchange in which one captures a rook in return for a knight or bishop.

   verb

   • 1. give something and receive something of the same kind in return: "we exchanged addresses"
   • ▪ give or receive one thing in place of another: "we regret that tickets cannot be exchanged"
   • ▪ exchange contracts.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French eschange (noun), eschangier (verb), based on changer (see change). The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out, utterly’ (see ex-1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. exchangeability noun
   • 2. exchangeable adjective
   • 3. exchanger noun

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