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exchange

/ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

exchange noun: an act of exchanging or trading. Also the clipping of exchange of contracts.

Noun

exchange (countable and uncountable, 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.
    • The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue.
  3. A central office.
  4. The portion of a telephone number that represents (or formerly represented) a central office.
    • 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 a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser.
    • '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...2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian
  6. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
    1. (usually, with-definite-article) The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
  7. (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
    • Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange.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]...
  8. The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
  9. The difference between the values of money in different places.

Verb

exchange (third-person singular simple present exchanges, present participle exchanging, simple past and past participle exchanged)

  1. (transitive) To trade or barter.
    • I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
    Synonyms:
    truck
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To mutually direct at each other.
    • The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.
  3. (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:
    interchange
  4. (transitive) To recommend and get recommendations.
    Synonyms:
    trade

Also used as

exchange is also the clipping of exchange of contracts.

exchange is also the clipping of exchange contracts.

exchange meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Kannada

exchange in Hindi

act of exchanging or trading
विनिमय vinimay, आदान-प्रदान ādān-pradān
place for conducting trading
विनिमय vinimay
To trade or barter
विनिमय करना vinimay karnā, बदलना badalnā
To replace with a similar item
बदली करना badlī karnā

exchange in Marathi

act of exchanging or trading
विनिमय vinimay, देवाणघेवाण devāṇghevāṇ, अदलाबदल adlābdal
To trade or barter
विनिमय करणे vinimay karṇe, देवाणघेवाण करणे devāṇghevāṇ karṇe
To replace with a similar item
बदली करणे badlī karṇe

exchange in Urdu

To trade or barter
بدلنا badalnā

exchange in Kannada

ವಿನಿಮಯ, ವಿನಿಮಯ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ
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exchange in Punjabi
ਵਟਾਂਦਰਾ vaṭāndrā, وَٹان٘دْرا vaṭāṉdrā
exchange in Gujarati
વિનિમય, આદાનપ્રદાન, આદાન-પ્રદાન
exchange in Odia
ବିନିମଯ଼, ବିନିମଯ଼ କରନ୍ତୁ
exchange in Tagalog
palitan, palitin
exchange in Arabic
تَبْدِيل tabdīl, تَبَادُل tabādul, صَرْف ṣarf, بُورْصَة būrṣa
exchange in Malay
bertukar, pasaran, bursa
exchange in Indonesian
pertukaran, bursa
exchange in Persian
بورس burs
exchange in Thai
การแลกเปลี่ยน, แลก lɛ̂ɛk, แลกเปลี่ยน lɛ̂ɛk-bplìian
exchange in Vietnamese
đổi, quy đổi, sở giao dịch, trao đổi

Examples of exchange in a sentence

  • I'll help you out this time, depending on what can you give me in exchange.
  • '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.2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
  • There is no one else in the room, and many former prime ministers have spoken about how much they have enjoyed the weekly exchanges.2022 October 25, Karla Adam, “King Charles III plays role his mother did in U.K. power transition”, in The Washington Post:

All 40 example sentences with exchange

Synonyms of exchange

All synonyms of exchange

Forms of exchange

Noun
pluralexchanges
Verb
third-person singular presentexchanges
present participleexchanging
past participleexchanged
pastexchanged
second-person singular present (archaic)exchangest
second-person singular past (archaic)exchangedst
third-person singular present (archaic)exchangeth

Past tense of exchange: exchanged

Plural of exchange: exchanges

Origin of exchange

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 (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change.

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 (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.

Words formed from exchange

Phrases with exchange

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Words that rhyme with exchange

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Questions about exchange

What does exchange mean?
Exchange means an act of exchanging or trading.
What is exchange in Hindi?
Exchange in Hindi is विनिमय (vinimay), आदान-प्रदान (ādān-pradān), विनिमय करना (vinimay karnā). See Exchange meaning in Hindi.
How do you use exchange in a sentence?
I'll help you out this time, depending on what can you give me in exchange.
What part of speech is exchange?
Exchange can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce exchange?
Exchange is pronounced /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of exchange?
The plural of exchange is exchanges.

Words near exchange in the dictionary

  1. excetera
  2. exch
  3. exch.
  4. exchangability
  5. exchangable
  6. exchange
  7. Exchange Alley
  8. exchange blows
  9. exchange coefficient
  10. exchange coefficients
  11. exchange contracts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exchange (page history and authors); exchange (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exchange (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exchange (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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