exchange
pronunciation
How to pronounce exchange in British English:
UK [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ]
How to pronounce exchange in American English:
US [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries
- 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"
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
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- Verb:
- give to, and receive from, one another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, or switch over
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Word Origin
- exchange
- exchange: [14] Like change, exchange comes ultimately from Latin cambīre ‘barter’. In postclassical times this had the prefix ex- added to it, here functioning as an indicator of ‘change’, producing late Latin *excambiāre. In Old French this became eschangier (whence modern French échanger), which English acquired via Anglo- Norman eschaunge. A 15th-century reversion to the original Latin spelling of the prefix produced modern English exchange.=> change
- exchange (n.)
- late 14c., "act of reciprocal giving and receiving," from Anglo-French eschaunge, Old French eschange (Modern French échange), from Late Latin excambium, from excambiare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + cambire "barter" (see change (v.)). Practice of merchants or lenders meeting to exchange bills of debt led to meaning "building for mercantile business" (1580s).
- exchange (v.)
- late 15c., from Old French eschangier "exchange, barter" (Modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiare (source of Italian scambiare); see exchange (n.). Related: Exchanged; exchanging.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Knowledge exchange is never a one-way street .
- 2. Thain forced the exchange to embrace electronic trading .
- 3. So exchange groups must look elsewhere for their rewards .
- 4. The columbian exchange continues to this day .
- 5. But he declined to characterize the exchange .