exchange
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English eschaunge, from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex- in English.
Noun [edit]
exchange (plural exchanges)
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- All in all, it was an even exchange.
- A place for conducting trading.
- The stock exchange is open for trading.
- (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.
- A conversation.
- After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
act of exchanging or trading
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place for conducting trading
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō).
Verb [edit]
exchange (third-person singular simple present exchanges, present participle exchanging, simple past and past participle exchanged)
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
- (transitive) To replace with a similar item.
- I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from exchange (verb)
Translations [edit]
To trade or barter
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To replace with a similar item
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External links [edit]
- 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
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