English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
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
A place for conducting trading .
The stock exchange is open for trading.
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 an exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
2014 , Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis ", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
“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.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
( 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.
Derived terms
Translations
act of exchanging or trading
Arabic: تَبْدِيل m ( tabdīl ) , تَبَادُل m ( tabādul ) , صَرْف (ar) m ( ṣarf )
Armenian: փոխանակություն (hy) ( pʻoxanakutʻyun ) , փոխանակում (hy) ( pʻoxanakum )
Biatah Bidayuh: bitukar
Bulgarian: смяна (bg) f ( smjana ) , размяна (bg) f ( razmjana )
Catalan: intercanvi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交換 / 交换 (zh) ( jiāohuàn ) , 交换 (zh) ( jiāohuàn ) , 調換 / 调换 (zh) ( diàohuàn ) , 调换 (zh) ( diàohuàn ) , 兌換 / 兑换 (zh) ( duìhuàn ) , 兑换 (zh) ( duìhuàn ) , 外匯 / 外汇 (zh) ( wàihuì ) , 外汇 (zh) ( wàihuì ) ( currency )
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
Georgian: გაცვლა ( gacvla ) , გაცვლა-გამოცვლა ( gacvla-gamocvla ) , გადაცვლა ( gadacvla )
German: Austausch (de) , Tausch (de) m
Hindi: विनिमय (hi) m ( vinimay )
Hungarian: csere (hu) , váltás (hu)
Indonesian: pertukaran (id)
Irish: malairt f
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 ( とりかえ, torikae )
Korean: 교환 (ko) ( gyohwan ) (交換 (ko) ), 외환 ( oehwan ) (外換 (ko) )
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Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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
Polish: wymiana (pl) f
Portuguese: troca (pt)
Romanian: schimb (ro) n , troc (ro)
Russian: обме́н (ru) m ( obmén )
Serbo-Croatian: rȃzmjena (sh) f
Shor: орнаш ( ornaş )
Spanish: intercambio (es)
Swedish: byte (sv) n , byteshandel (sv) c , utbyte (sv) n , utväxling c
Tagalog: palitan
Thai: แลกเปลี่ยน (th) ( lɛ̂ɛk-bplìian )
Turkish: mübadele (tr)
Vietnamese: đổi (vi) , quy đổi
place for conducting trading
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle English eschaungen , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL . eschaungier , eschanger , from the (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French verb eschangier , eschanger (whence modern French échanger ), from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL . *excambiāre , present active infinitive of *excambiō (from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin ex with (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL . cambiō ). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan , wixlan ( “ to change, exchange, reciprocate ” ) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.
Verb
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( 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
To trade or barter
Albanian: shkëmbej (sq)
Arabic: تَبَادَلَ ( tabādala ) , صَرَفَ (ar) ( ṣarafa )
Egyptian Arabic: استبدل ( istabdil )
Armenian: փոխանակել (hy) ( pʻoxanakel )
Belarusian: абме́ньвацца impf ( abmjénʹvacca ) , абмяня́цца pf ( abmjanjácca )
Bulgarian: разменям (bg) ( razmenjam ) , сменям (bg) ( smenjam )
Catalan: intercanviar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交換 / 交换 (zh) ( jiāohuàn ) , 交换 (zh) ( jiāohuàn )
Czech: vyměnit (cs)
Dutch: handelen (nl)
Esperanto: interŝanĝi
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi) , tehdä vaihtokauppa
French: échanger (fr) , troquer (fr)
Friulian: gambiâ , sgambiâ
German: tauschen (de)
Hindi: विनिमय करना ( vinimay karnā )
Hungarian: cserél (hu) , elcserél (hu) , felvált (hu) , vált (hu)
Italian: cambiare (it) , scambiare (it)
Japanese: 交わす ( かわす, kawasu )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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Latin: cambiō , muto (la) , immuto
Maltese: bidel
Maori: hoko , hokohoko , kurutete
Mongolian: солих (mn) ( solix )
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 )
Venetian: scanbiar
Vietnamese: trao đổi (vi)
To replace with a similar item
Translations to be checked
Further reading
“exchange ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“exchange ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“exchange ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .