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exchange

English

  1. 🔊 (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
    “the endgame began after the exchange of queens”
  2. 🔊 (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
    “black lost the exchange”
  3. 🔊 reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
    “he earns his living from the interchange of currency”
  4. 🔊 the act of giving something in return for something received
    “deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable”
  5. 🔊 the act of changing one thing for another thing
    “Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience”
  6. 🔊 a workplace for buying and selling
  7. 🔊 a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
    “they had a bitter exchange”
  8. 🔊 chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
  9. 🔊 the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
  10. 🔊 (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
    “after a short rally Connors won the point”
  11. 🔊 a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
  12. 🔊 give to, and receive from, one another
    “Would you change places with me?”
  13. 🔊 hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
    “exchange prisoners”
  14. 🔊 exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
    “Could you convert my dollars into pounds?”
  15. 🔊 change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
  16. 🔊 exchange a penalty for a less severe one
  17. 🔊 put in the place of another
    “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cambiario exchange
  2. 🔊 intercambio exchange
  3. 🔊 canjear to exchange
  4. 🔊 permutar to exchange
  5. 🔊 descambiar to exchange, take back
  6. 🔊 cambiar to exchange, to trade in

Similar words

substitution commutation interchange interchange rally central telephone exchange switch over switch change commute convert commute convert change interchange substitute replace interchange american stock exchange amex esp wall street abalienate