Collins English-English Dictionary

exchange [ɪks'tʃeɪnʤ]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to give up, part with, or transfer (one thing) for an equivalent

   to exchange gifts

   to exchange francs for dollars

2. 2. n telephone exchange a switching centre in which telephone lines are interconnected

3. 3. vt. [tr] to give and receive (information, ideas, etc); interchange

4. 4. vt. [tr] to replace (one thing) with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods

5. 5. vt. to transfer or hand over (goods) in return for the equivalent value in kind rather than in money; barter; trade

6. 6. vt. [tr] [chess] to capture and surrender (pieces, usually of the same value) in a single sequence of moves

7. 7. n the act or process of exchanging

8. 8. n anything given or received as an equivalent, replacement, or substitute for something else

9. 9. n (as modifier)

   an exchange student

10. 10. n an argument or quarrel; altercation

    the two men had a bitter exchange

11. 11. n a place where securities or commodities are sold, bought, or traded, esp by brokers or merchants

    a stock exchange

    a corn exchange

12. 12. n (as modifier)

    an exchange broker

13. 13. n the system by which commercial debts between parties in different places are settled by commercial documents, esp bills of exchange, instead of by direct payment of money

14. 14. n the percentage or fee charged for accepting payment in this manner

15. 15. n a transfer or interchange of sums of money of equivalent value, as between different national currencies or different issues of the same currency

16. 16. n [often plural] the cheques, drafts, bills, etc, exchanged or settled between banks in a clearing house

17. 17. n [chess] the capture by both players of pieces of equal value, usually on consecutive moves

18. 18. n another word for transfusion

19. 19. n [med] [physics] a process in which a particle is transferred between two nucleons, such as the transfer of a meson between two nucleons

20. 20. n See also bill of exchange exchange rate foreign exchange labour exchange

21. 21. n [Etymology] C14: from Anglo-French eschaungier, from Vulgar Latin excambiare (unattested), from Latin cambire to barter