Exchange

Quick meaning: Exchange is a noun meaning An act of exchanging or trading.

Meaning

An act of exchanging or trading.

More Meanings

1. A place for conducting trading.
2. (telephony) Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
3. A conversation.
4. (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
5. (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
6. (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
7. (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.

Example Sentences

an exchange of cattle for grain

All in all, it was an even exchange.

The stock exchange is open for trading.

The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.

Word Forms

• exchanges
• exchanging
• exchanged
• exchangest
• exchangedst
• exchangeth

Synonyms for exchange

Depending on context, synonyms include truck, wrixle, barter, interchange, swap, trade.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include substitution, commute, interchange, change, convert, central.

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