exchange
noun
[ ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ ]
• an act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.
• "negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace"
Similar:
interchange,
trade,
trading,
trade-off,
swapping,
barter,
giving and taking,
traffic,
trafficking,
bandying,
reciprocity,
truck,
• the changing of money to its equivalent in the currency of another country.
• "they provided me with currency exchange at competitive rates"
• a short conversation or an argument.
• "there was a heated exchange"
Similar:
conversation,
dialogue,
chat,
talk,
word,
discussion,
meeting,
conference,
debate,
argument,
altercation,
war of words,
confab,
row,
barney,
slanging match,
confabulation,
colloquy,
• short for telephone exchange.
• a move or short sequence of moves in which both players capture material of comparable value, or particularly the exchange in which one captures a rook in return for a knight or bishop.
exchange
verb
• give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
• "we exchanged addresses"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French eschange (noun), eschangier (verb), based on changer (see change). The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out, utterly’ (see ex-1).
