Exchange Meaning

There are 17 meaning(s) for word Exchange

Meaning 1 : exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    Synonyms : change,  commute,  convert
Meaning 2 : the act of changing one thing for another thing

    Example : Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience

    Synonyms : interchange
Meaning 3 : give to, and receive from, one another

    Synonyms : change,  interchange
Meaning 4 : put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    Synonyms : interchange,  replace,  substitute
Meaning 5 : reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

    Synonyms : interchange
Meaning 6 : exchange a penalty for a less severe one

    Synonyms : commute,  convert
Meaning 7 : a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

    Synonyms : central,  telephone exchange
Meaning 8 : the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:

    Synonyms : commutation,  substitution
Meaning 9 : (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

    Synonyms : rally
Meaning 10 : change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    Synonyms : switch,  switch over
Meaning 11 : a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

    Example : they had a bitter exchange

Meaning 12 : a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

Meaning 13 : chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

Meaning 14 : (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

    Example : black lost the exchange

Meaning 15 : (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

    Example : the endgame began after the exchange of queens

Meaning 16 : hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

    Example : exchange prisoners,exchange employees between branches of the company

Meaning 17 : the act of giving something in return for something received

    Example : deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable