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home exchange

home exchange noun: a form of lodging in which two parties agree to offer each other homestays for a set period of time.

Noun

home exchange (countable and uncountable, plural home exchanges)

  1. A form of lodging in which two parties agree to offer each other homestays for a set period of time.
    • Our Tahiti trip was our 38th home exchange in eight years. With young kids, staying in a family home has saved us money, yes, but more important, a lived-in house with toys, books and a kitchen feels like being hosted by friends of friends.2025 September 22, Freda Moon, “Tahiti on the Cheap”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    home swap, home swapping, house swapping

Synonyms of home exchange

Forms of home exchange

pluralhome exchanges

Questions about home exchange

What does home exchange mean?
Home exchange means a form of lodging in which two parties agree to offer each other homestays for a set period of time.
What part of speech is home exchange?
Home exchange is a noun.
What is the plural of home exchange?
The plural of home exchange is home exchanges.

Words near home exchange in the dictionary

  1. home dweller
  2. home ec
  3. home economics
  4. home education
  5. home equity
  6. home exchange
  7. home farm
  8. home farms
  9. home field
  10. home field advantage
  11. home for the aged

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