exchange(v = verb.possession) change, interchange - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

is one way to transfer

Derived form noun exchange₄

Sample sentence:
They exchange the goods

exchange(v = verb.change) change, commute, convert - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

is one way to replace

Derived forms noun exchange₈, noun exchanger₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

exchange(v = verb.change) switch, switch over - change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence;

is one way to change by reversal, reverse, turn

Derived form noun exchange₉

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

exchange(v = verb.social) - hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

is one way to

reassign

transfer

Derived form noun exchange₉

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

exchange(v = verb.possession) interchange, replace, substitute - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

exchange(v = verb.change) commute, convert - exchange a penalty for a less severe one;

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived form noun exchange₃

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

exchange, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb.].

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. [1913 Webster]
The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. [1913 Webster]
The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. Shak. [1913 Webster]
The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. [1913 Webster]
" A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B." [1913 Webster]
A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also, the institution which sets regulations and maintains the physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the word was at one time often contracted to 'change [1913 Webster]

Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. -- Bill of exchange. See under Bill. -- Exchange broker. See under Broker. -- Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. -- Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Syn. -- Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

exchange, v. t. [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. échanger. See Exchange, n.].

To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received. [1913 Webster]
"Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond." [1913 Webster]
To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell. [1913 Webster]
"And death for life exchanged foolishly." [1913 Webster]

"To shift his being
Is to exchange one misery with another." [1913 Webster]
To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats. [1913 Webster]
"Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet."

Syn. -- To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic.

exchange, v. i.

To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

exchange, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of giving one thing and receiving another in its place.
2 a the giving of money for its equivalent in the money of the same or another country. b the fee or percentage charged for this.
3 the central telephone office of a district, where connections are effected.
4 a place where merchants, bankers, etc. gather to transact business.
5 a an office where certain information is given or a service provided, usu. involving two parties. b an employment office.
6 a system of settling debts between persons (esp. in different countries) without the use of money, by bills of exchange (see BILL(1)).
7 a a short conversation, esp. a disagreement or quarrel. b a sequence of letters between correspondents.
8 Chess the capture of an important piece (esp. a rook) by one player at the loss of a minor piece to the opposing player.
9 (attrib.) forming part of an exchange, e.g. of personnel between institutions (an exchange student).
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by for) give or receive (one thing) in place of another.
2 tr. give and receive as equivalents (e.g. things or people, blows, information, etc.); give one and receive another of.
3 intr. (often foll. by with) make an exchange.

Idiom

exchange rate the value of one currency in terms of another. in exchange (often foll. by for) as a thing exchanged (for).

Derivative

exchangeable adj. exchangeability n. exchanger n.

Etymology

ME f. OF eschangier f. Rmc (as EX-(1), CHANGE)

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THESAURUS

exchange

American Stock Exchange, Amex, ESP, Wall Street, abalienate, abalienation, agency, agent, alien, alienate, alienation, altercation, alternate, alternation, alternative, amortization, amortize, amortizement, analogy, answer, area code, argument, assign, assignation, assignment, backup, badinage, bandy, banter, bargain, bargain and sale, barter, bartering, battledore and shuttlecock, be quits with, bequeath, bequeathal, board, boomerang, bourse, brokerage, buy and sell, buying and selling, cede, cession, chaff, change, change for, changeling, colloquial discourse, colloquy, comeback, commerce, commodity exchange, communication, communion, commutation, commute, comparison, compensate, compound for, confer, conferment, conferral, congress, connection, consign, consignation, consignment, contact, conversation, converse, conversing, convey, conveyance, conveyancing, cooperate, cooperation, copy, corn pit, correspondence, counter, counterblast, counterblow, counterchange, counterfeit, counterstroke, cross fire, curb, curb exchange, curb market, deal, dealing, dealings, deed, deed over, deeding, delegation, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demise, deputation, deputy, deputyship, devolve upon, disagreement, discourse, displace, displacement, disposal, disposition, do business, doing business, double, dub in, dummy, enfeoff, enfeoffment, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange floor, fake, fill-in, fooling, fooling around, get back at, get even with, ghost, ghostwriter, give, give and take, give in exchange, give place to, give title to, give-and-take, giving, good-natured banter, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, harmless teasing, horse trading, horse-trade, imitation, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interlocution, intermutation, interplay, jape, jest, jive, jobbing, joke, josh, kidding, kidding around, lease and release, lex talionis, linguistic intercourse, locum tenens, logroll, make do with, make over, make way for, makeshift, market, measure for measure, merchandising, message, metaphor, metonymy, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, negotiate, next best thing, offer in exchange, outside market, over-the-counter market, pass, pass on, pass over, pay back, permutation, permute, persiflage, personnel, phone book, phone number, phony, pinch hitter, pit, pleasantry, power of attorney, proxy, put up with, quarrel, quid pro quo, quotation board, raillery, rallying, rapping, reciprocality, reciprocate, reciprocation, reciprocity, recoil, redeem, relief, replace, replacement, reply, representation, representative, requite, reserves, respond, response, retailing, retaliate, retaliation, retort, return, return the compliment, ridicule, ring in, ringer, sale, second string, secondary, sell, settle, settle on, settlement, settling, shift with, sign, sign away, sign over, social intercourse, something for something, spares, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, sport, stand-in, stock exchange, stock market, stock ticker, sub, subrogation, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, supersedence, superseder, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanter, supplanting, supplantment, surrender, surrogate, swap, swap horses, swapping, switch, symbol, synecdoche, take in exchange, talking, telepathy, telephone area, telephone directory, telephone exchange, telephone market, telephone number, the Big Board, the Exchange, the Street, third market, third string, ticker, ticker tape, tit for tat, token, touch, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, trading, traffic, trafficking, transfer, transference, transmission, transmit, transmittal, transposal, transpose, transposition, truck, turn over, twit, two-way communication, understudy, unpleasantness, utility player, verbal intercourse, vesting, vicar, vicariousness, vice-president, vice-regent, wheat pit, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling

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ROGET THESAURUS

exchange

Correlation

N correlation, reciprocalness, reciprocity, reciprocation, mutuality, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association, interchange, exchange, barter, reciprocator, reprocitist, reciprocal, mutual, commutual, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related, alternate, interchangeable, interdependent, international, complemental, complementary, mutually, mutatis mutandis, vice versa, each other, one another, by turns, reciprocally, happy in our mutual help.

VB reciprocate, alternate, interchange, exchange, counterchange.

Transfer

N transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation, demise, limitation, conveyancing, transmission, enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release, exchange, barter, substitution, succession, reversion, shifting use, shifting trust, devolution, alienable, negotiable, estate coming into possession.

VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.

Barter

N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.

VB barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market.

Mart

N mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.

Interchange

N interchange, exchange, commutation, permutation, intermutation, reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement, shuffling, alternation, reciprocity, castling (at chess), hocus-pocus, interchangeableness, interchangeability, recombination, combination, barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo, interchanged, reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant, in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis, backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about, each in his turn, everyone in his turn.

VB interchange, exchange, counterchange, bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock, retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine.

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

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