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| exchange | (n.) | chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another. |
| exchange | (n.) | a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one).; "they had a bitter exchange" |
| exchange, interchange | (n.) | the act of changing one thing for another thing.; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners" |
| exchange | (n.) | the act of giving something in return for something received.; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable" |
| central, exchange, telephone exchange | (n.) | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. |
| exchange | (n.) | a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members. |
| exchange, rally | (n.) | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.; "after a short rally Connors won the point" |
| exchange, interchange | (n.) | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" |
| commutation, exchange, substitution | (n.) | the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.; "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" |
| exchange | (n.) | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop.; "black lost the exchange" |
| exchange | (n.) | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value.; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens" |
| change, exchange, interchange | (v.) | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| change, commute, convert, exchange | (v.) | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| exchange, switch, switch over | (v.) | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence. |
| exchange | (v.) | hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company" |
| exchange, interchange, replace, substitute | (v.) | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| commute, convert, exchange | (v.) | exchange a penalty for a less severe one. |
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