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What (who) is exchange - definition
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Exchange (UK Parliament constituency); Exchanging; Exchanges; Exchanged; Exchange (disambiguation); Echanges; Echange
exchange
I
n.
act of exchanging
1) to agree to; make an exchange
2) a cultural exchange
3) in exchange for
4) an exchange between
place where items are bought or sold
5) a commodity; corn (BE), grain (AE); farmers'; post (AE); stock exchange
central office
6) an employment (BE), labour (BE); telephone exchange
currency
7) foreign exchange
USAGE NOTE: The BE terms employment exchange and labour exchange have been largely superseded by Job Centre.
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to exchange for (I exchanged the defective tire for a good one)
2) (D; tr.) to exchange with (to exchange places with smb.)
Exchange
·noun The thing given or received in return; ·esp., a publication exchanged for another.
II. Exchange ·vi To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
III. Exchange ·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.
IV. Exchange ·noun 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.
V. Exchange ·noun The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change.
VI. Exchange ·noun To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent;
- usually followed by for before the thing received.
VII. Exchange ·noun 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.
VIII. Exchange ·noun 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.
IX. Exchange ·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.
X. Exchange ·noun 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.
exchange
I. v. a.
1.
Barter, commute, trade (off or away), swap, truck, change.
2.
Interchange, bandy, give and take reciprocally.
II. n.
1.
Barter, traffic, trade, commutation.
2.
Interchange, reciprocity.
3.
Bourse.
Examples of use of exchange
1. Interest in exchange stocks continued after International Securities Exchange, the options exchange, said it was launching its own stock exchange.
2. The Moscow Stock Exchange, Yekaterinburg Stock Exchange and the Siberian Stock Exchange in Novosibirsk were the other three.
3. September 13 2005 03:00 The New York Mercantile Exchange opened the first futures exchange in London in 23 years yesterday in an effort to take on its rival the International Petroleum Exchange and become the dominant European energy exchange.
4. Exchange timeline How the prisoner exchange with Hezbollah will be carried out. .
5. CFETS also handles foreign exchange clearing for all the trading members in its foreign exchange market.