exchange

English

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Etymology

From the Old French verb eschanger, from Latin excambiare (“to exchange”), from ex (“out”) + cambiare (“to change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛkstʃeɪndʒ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

exchange (plural exchanges)

1. An act of exchanging or trading.

   All in all, it was an even exchange.

2. A place for conducting trading.

   The stock exchange is open for trading.

3. (telephony, US only?) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).

   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.

4. A conversation.

   After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.

5. (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
   1. (usually with "the") The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook

Derived terms

bet exchange bill of exchange exchange rate foreign exchange foreign exchange market ion exchange ion exchange chromatography ion exchange resin

key exchange link exchange local exchange carrier means of exchange medium of exchange private branch exchange stock exchange telephone exchange

Translations

act of exchanging or trading

Arabic: تبديل (ar) (tabdiil) m., تبادل (ar) (tabaadul) m., صرف (ar) (Sarf) m. Armenian: փոխանակություն (hy) (p’oxanakut’yun), փոխանակում (hy) (p’oxanakum) Bulgarian: смяна (bg) f., размяна (bg) f. Catalan: intercanvi (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 交換 (zh), 交换 (zh) (jiāohuàn), 調換 (zh), 调换 (zh) (diàohuàn), 兌換 (zh), 兑换 (zh) (duìhuàn), 外匯 (zh), 外汇 (zh) (wàihuì) (currency) Croatian: rȃzmjena (hr) f. Czech: výměna (cs) f. Dutch: uitwisseling (nl) Esperanto: interŝanĝo (eo) Finnish: vaihto (fi), vaihtaminen (fi), vaihtokauppa (fi) French: échange (fr) m., troc (fr) m. German: Austausch (de), Tausch (de) m.

Italian: scambio (it) m., cambio (it) m. Japanese: 為替 (ja) (かわせ, kawase), 交換 (ja) (こうかん, kōkan), 両替 (ja) (りょうがえ, ryōgae) (currency), 取り替え (ja) (とりかえ, torikae) Korean: 교환 (ko) (gyohwan) (交換 (ko)), 외환 (ko) (oehwan) (外換 (ko)) Latvian: maiņa (lv) f., apmaiņa (lv) f. Lithuanian: keitimas (lt) m., apsikeitimas (lt) m., mainas (lt) m. Polish: wymiana (pl) f. Portuguese: troca (pt) Romanian: schimb (ro) n., troc (ro) Russian: обмен (ru) (obmén) m. Spanish: intercambio (es) Swahili: ubadilishaji (sw) Swedish: byte (sv) n., byteshandel (sv) c.

place for conducting trading

Armenian: բորսա (hy) (borsa) Bulgarian: борса (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 交易所 (zh) (jiāoyìsuǒ) Croatian: bȕrza (hr) f. Czech: burza (cs) f. Dutch: beurs (nl) f. Finnish: pörssi (fi)

French: bourse (fr) f. Latvian: birža (lv) f. Lithuanian: birža (lt) f. Polish: giełda (pl) f. Russian: биржа (ru) (bírža) f. Swahili: ubadilishaji (sw) Turkish: borsa (tr)

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Albanian: shkëmbim Kurdish: ئاڵوگۆڕ Slovene: menjava f. (1)

Spanish: intercambio m. Swedish: växling c. (1), byte n. (2), meningsombyte n. (3) Telugu: మార్పిడి (maarpiDi) (1)

Verb

exchange (third-person singular simple present exchanges, present participle exchanging, simple past and past participle exchanged)

1. (transitive) To trade or barter.

   I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.

2. (transitive) To replace with a similar item.

   I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.

Translations

To trade or barter

Arabic: تبادل (ar) (tabaadala), صرف (ar) (Sarafa) Armenian: փոխանակել (hy) (p’oxanakel) Bulgarian: разменям (bg), сменям (bg) Catalan: intercanviar (ca) Croatian: razmijéniti (hr) Czech: vyměnit (cs) Dutch: handelen (nl) Esperanto: interŝanĝi (eo) Finnish: vaihtaa (fi), tehdä vaihtokauppa French: échanger (fr), troquer (fr)

German: tauschen (de) Italian: cambiare (it), scambiare (it) Latin: cambiō (la), muto (la), immuto (la), excambio (la) Old English: wrixlan (ang) Romanian: schimba (ro) Russian: обмениваться (ru) (obménivat’sja) impf., обменяться (ru) (obmenját’sja) pf. Slovene: zamenjati Spanish: cambiar (es), intercambiar (es), canjear (es) Swahili: ubadilishaji (sw)

To replace with a similar item

Armenian: փոխանակել (hy) (p’oxanakel) Bulgarian: разменям (bg) Croatian: razmijéniti (hr) Czech: vyměnit (cs) Dutch: ruilen (nl), omruilen (nl), wisselen (nl) Esperanto: interŝanĝi (eo) Finnish: vaihtaa (fi) French: échanger (fr) German: umtauschen (de)

Luxembourgish: echangéieren (lb) Romanian: schimba  (ro) Russian: заменять (ru) (zamenját’) impf., заменить (ru) (zamenít’) pf. Slovene: zamenjati Spanish: cambiar (es) Swahili: ubadilishaji (sw)

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Ido: kambiar

External links

• exchange in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• exchange in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• exchange at OneLook Dictionary Search