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Etymology 1 [ edit ]
From Middle English eschaunge , borrowed 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.
exchange (countable and uncountable , plural exchanges )
An act of exchanging or trading.
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 .
A place for conducting trading .
The stock exchange is open for trading.
The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
A telephone exchange .
( telephony , US ) 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 a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian [1] :“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.
( chess ) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
( usually with "the" ) The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight ) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook
( obsolete ) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare , “Much Adoe about Nothing ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, OCLC 606515358 , [Act II, scene i]:Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange .
( biochemistry ) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
( finance ) The difference between the values of money in different places.
( law , England & Wales , Northern Ireland ) Clipping of exchange of contracts .
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act of exchanging or trading
Arabic: تَبْدِيل m ( tabdīl ) , تَبَادُل m ( tabādul ) , صَرْف (ar) m ( ṣarf )
Armenian: փոխանակություն (hy) ( pʿoxanakutʿyun ) , փոխանակում (hy) ( pʿoxanakum )
Azerbaijani: mübadilə (az) , dəyişmə
Belarusian: паме́на f ( pamjéna ) , ме́на f ( mjéna ) , абме́н m ( abmjén )
Biatah Bidayuh: bitukar
Bulgarian: смя́на (bg) f ( smjána ) , размя́на (bg) f ( razmjána )
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 ) , 交流 (zh) ( jiāoliú )
Czech: výměna (cs) f
Danish: bytte (da) n , udveksling c
Dutch: uitwisseling (nl)
Esperanto: interŝanĝo
Finnish: vaihto (fi) , vaihtaminen (fi) , vaihtokauppa (fi)
French: échange (fr) m , troc (fr) m
Galician: intercambio m , troco m
Georgian: გაცვლა ( gacvla ) , გაცვლა-გამოცვლა ( gacvla-gamocvla ) , გადაცვლა ( gadacvla )
German: Austausch (de) , Tausch (de) m
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f ( inmaideins )
Hindi: विनिमय (hi) m ( vinimay ) , आदान-प्रदान m ( ādān-pradān )
Hungarian: csere (hu) , váltás (hu)
Indonesian: pertukaran (id)
Irish: malairt f
Italian: scambio (it) m , cambio (it) m , confronto (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 ( とりかえ, torikae ) , 交流 (ja) ( こうりゅう, kōryū )
Kaurna: wakuinya
Korean: 교환(交換) (ko) ( gyohwan ) , 외환(外換) ( oehwan ) , 교류(交流) (ko) ( gyoryu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: alûgor (ku) f
Lao: ແລກປ່ຽນ ( lǣk pīan )
Latvian: maiņa f , apmaiņa f
Lithuanian: keitimas m , apsikeitimas (lt) m , mainas m
Macedonian: размена f ( razmena )
Malay: bertukar
Maori: ara tauhoko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bytte (no) n , utveksling m or f
Nynorsk: bytte n , utveksling f
Occitan: escambi (oc) m
Polish: wymiana (pl) f
Portuguese: troca (pt) f
Romanian: schimb (ro) n , troc (ro)
Russian: обме́н (ru) m ( obmén )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̑змена f , ра̑змјена f , и̏змена f , и̏змјена f
Roman: rȃzmena f , rȃzmjena (sh) f , ȉzmena (sh) f , ȉzmjena (sh) f
Shor: орнаш ( ornaş )
Slovak: výmena f
Slovene: zamenjava f , menjava f
Spanish: intercambio (es) m
Swedish: byte (sv) n , byteshandel (sv) c , utbyte (sv) n , utväxling c
Tagalog: palitan
Thai: แลกเปลี่ยน (th) ( lɛ̂ɛk-bplìian )
Turkish: mübadele (tr)
Ukrainian: о́бмін m ( óbmin ) , ро́змін m ( rózmin ) , вимі́на f ( vymína )
Vietnamese: đổi (vi) , quy đổi
Yiddish: אויסבײַט m ( oysbayt )
place for conducting trading
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Etymology 2 [ edit ]
From Middle English eschaungen , from Anglo-Norman eschaungier , Old French 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 ). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan , wixlan ( “ to change, exchange, reciprocate ” ) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.
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, 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.
( law , England & Wales , Northern Ireland ) Clipping of exchange contracts .
( transitive ) To recommend and get recommendations .
Synonym: trade
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To trade or barter
Albanian: shkëmbej (sq)
Arabic: تَبَادَلَ ( tabādala ) , صَرَفَ (ar) ( ṣarafa )
Egyptian Arabic: استبدل ( istabdil )
Armenian: փոխանակել (hy) ( pʿoxanakel )
Belarusian: абме́ньвацца impf ( abmjénʹvacca ) , абмяня́цца pf ( abmjanjácca )
Bulgarian: разменям (bg) ( razmenjam ) , сменям (bg) ( smenjam )
Buryat: һолихо ( holixo )
Catalan: intercanviar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交換 (zh) , 交换 (zh) ( jiāohuàn ) , 交流 (zh) ( jiāoliú )
Cornish: keschanjya
Czech: vyměnit (cs)
Dutch: handelen (nl)
Esperanto: interŝanĝi
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi) , tehdä vaihtokauppa
French: échanger (fr) , troquer (fr)
Friulian: gambiâ , sgambiâ
Galician: intercambiar , cambiar (gl) , trocar
German: tauschen (de)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( inmaidjan )
Greek:
Ancient: ἀμείβω ( ameíbō )
Hindi: विनिमय करना ( vinimay karnā ) , बदलना (hi) ( badalnā )
Hungarian: cserél (hu) , elcserél (hu) , felvált (hu) , vált (hu)
Italian: cambiare (it) , scambiare (it)
Japanese: 交わす ( かわす, kawasu ) , 交換する (ja) ( こうかんする, kōkan suru ) , 交流する (ja) ( こうりゅうする, kōryū suru )
Kalmyk: сольх ( solʹx )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 교환하다 (ko) ( gyohwanhada ) , 주고받다 (ko) ( jugobatda ) , 교류하다 (ko) ( gyoryuhada )
Latin: cambiō , muto (la) , immuto
Maltese: bidel
Maori: hoko , hokohoko , kurutete
Mongolian: солих (mn) ( solikh )
Occitan: escambiar (oc)
Old English: wrixlan
Polish: wymieniać (pl) , zamieniać (pl)
Portuguese: negociar (pt) , cambiar (pt)
Romanian: schimba (ro)
Romansch: stgamiar , scumiar , scumgear , scumiar , stgamger , s-chamger , s-chamgiar
Russian: обме́ниваться (ru) impf ( obménivatʹsja ) , обменя́ться (ru) pf ( obmenjátʹsja )
Serbo-Croatian: razmijéniti (sh)
Slovene: zamenjati
Spanish: cambiar (es) , intercambiar (es) , canjear (es)
Tagalog: palitin
Thai: ค้า (th) ( káa ) , แลก (th) ( lɛ̂ɛk )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: обмі́нюватися impf ( obmínjuvatysja ) , обміня́тися pf ( obminjátysja )
Urdu: بدلنا ( badalnā )
Venetian: scanbiar
Vietnamese: trao đổi (vi)
To replace with a similar item
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