What is exchange?

  • (verb): Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
    Synonyms: commute, convert
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on exchange:

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... (album), a self-titled album by the band Uganda Securities Exchange, the principal stock exchange in Uganda Uzbekistan Stock Exchange ...
Royal Exchange, London - History
... The Royal Exchange was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth I who awarded the building its Royal title and license to sell alcohol, on 23 January 1571 ... During the 17th century, stockbrokers were not allowed in the Royal Exchange due to their rude manners, hence they had to operate from other establishments in the vicinity, like ... A second exchange was built on the site, designed by Edward Jarman, which opened in 1669, and was also destroyed by fire on 10 January 1838 ...
List Of Stock Exchanges - South America - Brazil
... Bahia Sergipe Alagoas Stock Exchange (BOVESBA) Minas, Brasília and Espírito Santo Stock Exchange (BOVMESB) Maringá Mercantile and Futures Exchange Pernambuco and Paraíba Stock Exchange Rio de Janeiro Stock ...
Boston Stock Exchange - History
... The Boston Stock Exchange was founded in 1834 In 2002, the BSE co-founded with the Montreal Exchange (MX), a derivatives exchange and Interactive Brokers, a discount brokerage, the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), an ...
Exchange, West Virginia - Toponomy
... Exchange was originally named Millburn by the owner of the mill there ... When the post office was established in 1906 the first postmaster, Mrs ...

More definitions of "exchange":

  • (noun): A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
    Synonyms: central, telephone exchange
  • (noun): Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
  • (noun): The act of giving something in return for something received.
    Example: "Deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"
  • (noun): (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop.
    Example: "Black lost the exchange"
  • (noun): (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value.
    Example: "The endgame began after the exchange of queens"
  • (verb): Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.
    Synonyms: change, commute, convert
  • (noun): (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.
    Synonyms: rally
  • (noun): The act of changing one thing for another thing.
    Example: "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an exchange of prisoners"
  • (verb): Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.
    Example: "Exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
  • (noun): Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries.
    Synonyms: interchange
  • (noun): A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one).
    Example: "They had a bitter exchange"
  • (noun): A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.
  • (verb): Give to, and receive from, one another.
    Example: "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
    Synonyms: change, interchange

Famous quotes containing the word exchange:

    “I should like not to exchange any of my life for money.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.”
    —Emily Post (1873–1960)

    “So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.”
    —William Morris (1834–1896)