exchange
Definitions
- An act of exchanging or trading
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading
- A place for conducting trading.
- Ellipsis of telephone exchange. A central office. The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office
- Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
- A central office.
- A central office
- The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
- The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office
- A conversation.
- The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
- The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
- The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
- The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- The difference between the values of money in different places.
- Clipping of exchange of contracts.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“All in all, it was an even exchange⟳.”
“an exchange⟳ of cattle for grain”
“I'll help⟳ you out this time, depending on what can you give⟳ me in exchange⟳.”
“The stock⟳ exchange⟳ is open⟳ for trading.”
“The old corn exchange⟳ has been converted into a music venue.”
“The 555 exchange⟳ is reserved for use⟳ by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films.”
“NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange⟳.”
“After a lengthy exchange⟳ with the manager, we were no wiser.”
“'Why bother with the daily grind⟳ when you can go to Mosul, get⟳ paid $400 a month, get⟳ a wife – and live⟳ an Islamic way,' went an exchange⟳ between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow's pension from jihadi coffers.”
“The monarch and the prime minister meet⟳ weekly, currently on Wednesdays, to discuss⟳ matters of state. There is no one else in the room, and many former prime ministers have⟳ spoken about how much they have⟳ enjoyed the weekly exchanges.”
“Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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