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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|negociar}}, {{t+|pt|cambiar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|negociar}}, {{t+|pt|cambiar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|schimba}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|schimba}}
* Romansh: {{t|rm|stgamiar}}, {{t|rm|scumiar}}, {{t|rm|scumgear}}, {{t|rm|scumiar}}, {{t|rm|stgamger}}, {{t|rm|s-chamger}}, {{t|rm|s-chamgiar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обмениваться|impf|tr=obménivat’sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|обменяться|pf|tr=obmenját’sja|sc=Cyrl}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обмениваться|impf|tr=obménivat’sja|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|обменяться|pf|tr=obmenját’sja|sc=Cyrl}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|razmijéniti}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|razmijéniti}}
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|cambiar}}, {{t+|es|intercambiar}}, {{t+|es|canjear}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cambiar}}, {{t+|es|intercambiar}}, {{t+|es|canjear}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ubadilishaji}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ubadilishaji}}
* Venetian: {{t|vec|scanbiar}}
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) eschaunge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman (deprecated template usage) eschaunge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) eschange (whence modern French (deprecated template usage) échange), from the verb (deprecated template usage) eschanger, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) ex with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex- in English.

Noun

exchange (plural exchanges)

  1. An act of exchanging or trading.
    All in all, it was an even exchange.
    an exchange of cattle for grain
  2. A place for conducting trading.
    The stock exchange is open for trading.
  3. A telephone exchange.
  4. (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.
  5. A conversation.
    After an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
    1. (deprecated template usage) (usually with "the") The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook
  7. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) eschaungen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman (deprecated template usage) eschaungier, (deprecated template usage) eschanger, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French verb (deprecated template usage) eschangier, (deprecated template usage) eschanger (whence modern French (deprecated template usage) échanger), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *excambiāre, present active infinitive of *excambiō (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) ex with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin cambiō).

Verb

exchange (third-person singular simple present exchang, present participle ing, simple past and past participle exchanged)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To trade or barter.
    I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
    I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
    Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
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