exchange
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/, [ɛkˈst͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ], /ɪksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō).
Nounexchange
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- All in all, it was an even exchange.
- an exchange of cattle for grain
- I'll help you out this time, depending on what can you give me in exchange.
- A place for conducting trading.
- The stock exchange is open for trading.
- The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
- A telephone exchange.
- (telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
- 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.
- A conversation.
- After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
- (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange.
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
- (law, E&W, NI) Clipping of exchange of contracts
- French: échange, troc
- German: Austausch, Tausch
- Italian: scambio, cambio, confronto
- Portuguese: troca
- Russian: обме́н
- Spanish: intercambio
- French: bourse
- German: Börse
- Italian: borsa
- Portuguese: bolsa (stocks), casa de câmbio (currency)
- Russian: би́ржа
- Spanish: bolsa
From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French - verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō).
Verbexchange (exchanges, present participle exchanging; simple past and past participle exchanged)
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
- (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
- The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- 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.
- (law, E&W, NI) Clipping of exchange contracts
- (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
- Synonyms: trade
- (trade or barter) truck, wrixle; See also Thesaurus:trade or Thesaurus:barter
- (replace with a substitute) interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
- French: échanger, troquer
- German: tauschen
- Italian: cambiare, scambiare
- Portuguese: negociar, cambiar
- Russian: обме́ниваться
- Spanish: cambiar, intercambiar, canjear
- French: échanger
- German: umtauschen
- Portuguese: trocar
- Russian: заменя́ть
- Spanish: cambiar
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