exchange
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- //ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ//
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- //ɪksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ//
An act of exchanging or trading.
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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.
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A place for conducting trading.
The stock exchange is open for trading.
The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
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Ellipsis of telephone exchange. A central office.
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Ellipsis of telephone exchange. The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
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.
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A conversation.
After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
'Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,' went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow's pension from jihadi coffers.
The monarch and the prime minister meet weekly, currently on Wednesdays, to discuss matters of state. There is no one else in the room, and many former prime ministers have spoken about how much they have enjoyed the weekly exchanges.
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The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
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The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
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obsoletoThe thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange.
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The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
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The difference between the values of money in different places.
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Variante di exchange of contractsClipping of exchange of contracts.
Etimologia
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 (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change.
verbo
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To trade or barter.
I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
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figuratoTo mutually direct at each other.
The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
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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.
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To recommend and get recommendations.
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Variante di exchange contractsClipping of exchange contracts.
Etimologia
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 (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.
Forme
- plurale
- exchanges
- passato
- exchanged
- participio passato
- exchanged
- participio presente
- exchanging
- 3ª persona singolare
- exchanges
exchange · An act of exchanging or trading.
excite · To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.excited · Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.excitedly · In an excited manner.