Dictionary Entry
exchange
exchange is a 8-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 27 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.
- 8noun
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.
- 9noun
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.
- 10intransitive verb
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
- 11noun
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
"the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
- 12noun
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
"black lost the exchange"
- 13noun
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"
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- 14noun
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
"he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
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- 15noun
the act of giving something in return for something received
"deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
- 16noun
the act of changing one thing for another thing
"Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"
"there was an interchange of prisoners"
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- 17noun
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
"after a short rally Connors won the point"
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- 18noun
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
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- 19noun
a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- 20noun
a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
"they had a bitter exchange"
- 21noun
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- 22verb
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
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- 23verb
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
"Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"
"He changed his name"
- 24verb
exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- 25verb
give to, and receive from, one another
"Would you change places with me?"
"We have been exchanging letters for a year"
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- 26verb
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
"substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
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- 27verb
hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
"exchange prisoners"
"exchange employees between branches of the company"
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