exchange
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛksʧeɪndʒ/
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[edit] Noun
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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.
[edit] Derived terms
- bet exchange
- bill of exchange
- foreign exchange
- means of exchange
- medium of exchange
- stock exchange
- telephone exchange
[edit] Translations
act of exchanging or trading
place for conducting trading
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[edit] Verb
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to 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.
[edit] Translations
To trade or barter
To replace with a similar item
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