exchange

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of exchanging or trading.
2. (countable, uncountable) A place for conducting trading.
3. (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
4. (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
5. (countable, uncountable) A conversation.
6. (countable, uncountable) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
7. (countable, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
9. (countable, uncountable) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
10. (countable, uncountable) The difference between the values of money in different places.
11. (England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of exchange of contracts.

Verb

1. (transitive) To trade or barter.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To mutually direct at each other.
3. (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
4. (England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of exchange contracts.
5. (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.

Synonyms

barter

change

interchange

trade

swap

replace

substitute

switch

convert

commute

swop

transfer

conversion

substitution

replacement

commutation

shift

stock exchange

switch over

transact

do business

deal

sell

buy and sell

market

trade-off

telephone exchange

switching

commerce

clearing

bargain

vend

reciprocation

central

permute

rally

compromise

foreign exchange

reciprocate

alter

bartering

reverse

discussion

alternate

share

change money

return

counterchange

reciprocity

advertise

Translations

échanger

échange

scambio

cambiar

tauschen

austauschen

cambio

Austausch

scambiare

trocar

cambio

intercambio

cambiare

Tausch

changer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eschaunge

Cognate with French: échange

Inherited from Middle English: eschaungen

Cognate with French: échanger

Cognate with Old English: wrixlan

In summary

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.

Sentences

Previous to this , Mengistu intended to allow emigration only in exchange for weaponry .