exchange
/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ noun, verb
Forms exchanges exchanging exchanged exchangest exchangedst exchangeth
- noun An act of exchanging or trading. “All in all, it was an even exchange.”
- noun A place for conducting trading. “The stock exchange is open for trading.”
- noun (telephony) A central office.
- noun (telephony) 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.”
- noun A conversation. “After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.”
- noun (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
- noun (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- noun (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
- verb (transitive) To trade or barter. “I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.”
- verb (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other. “The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.”
- verb (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute. “I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.”
- verb (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
Synonyms
truck interchange trade wrixle barter swap central telephone exchange rally substitution commutation change commute convert switch over switch substitute replace
Etymology
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.
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- verb To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; --usually followed by for before the thing received.
- verb To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing as, to exchange a palace for cell.
Etymology [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb.]
Etymology [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. échanger. See Exchange, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exchange”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details