Definition of "exchange"

exchange¹

/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural exchanges
1. An act of exchanging or trading.
2. A place for conducting trading.
3. A telephone exchange.
4. (telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
5. A conversation.
  Quotations
  '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.
  2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian‎
  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.
  2022 October 25, Karla Adam, “King Charles III plays role his mother did in U.K. power transition”, in The Washington Post‎
6. (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
  1. (usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
7. (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
  Quotations
  Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange.
  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, [Act II, scene i]
8. (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
9. (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
10. (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.

exchange²

/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

verb
third-person singular simple present exchanges, present participle exchanging, simple past and past participle exchanged
1. (transitive) To trade or barter.
2. (transitive, figurative) To mutually direct at each other.
3. (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
4. (law, England and Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
5. (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.

Definition of "exchange"

exchange1

noun

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exchange2

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