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exchange

exchange

3 3.8
A sequence of moves between opponents in a game
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒ/
  • Jargon
: intercambio
  • In chess, an exchange often occurs when two pieces of equal value are traded during a match.

John won countless exchanges, counterpunched aggressively and pushed back on Oz's cruelty and attacks.

Examples

  • There was exchange of fire south of the Sea of Galilee and across the Suez Canal.

  • There was an equal exchange back and forth.

  • No clean technique on that exchange.

  • They had a an exchange at the end of the game.

  • As a result of that terrible exchange... the Cutter team has dropped from the lead.

  • Black had the advantage because white had overestimated the value of his initiative after the exchange of queens.

  • During the game, both players made several strategic moves, resulting in an interesting exchange of pieces.

  • The tense exchange of moves between the opponents ultimately decided the outcome of the match.

Synonyms

rally
vsexchange
2 4.6

A long series of shots in games like tennis until a point ends

is any sequence of moves or shots between opponents not only continuous runs

Antonyms

1 6.5

Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality

Compounds

stock exchange
  • Specialized
73 3.6

A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers

A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies

29 3.2

The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money

A U.S. government agency that watches financial markets and protects investors

foreign exchange
  • Specialized
26 4.1

A way to change one country's money into another country's money

A way for people from different cultures to share ideas, traditions, and customs

A stock market in New York City where smaller companies trade shares

medium of exchange
  • Specialized
4 4.1

Something people accept to pay for goods and services

exchange traded fund
  • Specialized
3 6.1

A fund you can buy and sell on a stock market that tracks an index like the S&P 500

futures exchange
  • Specialized
2 5.6

A market where people trade standard agreements to buy or sell goods and shares later

telephone exchange
  • Specialized
2 3.7

A place with machines that connects telephone calls for many people

commodities exchange
  • Specialized
2 4.8

A market where people buy and sell raw materials like oil or grain to be delivered later

rate of exchange
  • Specialized
1 3.8

The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money

fixed exchange rate
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold

1 5.2

A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government

ion exchange
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A process that swaps charged particles in water with a solid to remove impurities

commodity exchange
  • Specialized
1 5.5

An organized market where people buy and sell raw materials, often for delivery in the future

1 5.3

The price of one currency that goes up and down with market buying and selling

pegged exchange rate
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A system that fixes a country's money value to another country's money

1 7.5

A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time

1 5.9

A formal signing in a property sale when buyer and seller swap contracts and become legally bound

exchange transfusion
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A treatment that slowly removes a person's blood and replaces it with donor blood

exchange premium
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Extra money you pay to change one currency into another

post exchange
  • Jargon
1 6.4

A store on an army base where soldiers and their families buy goods

ion-exchange resin
  • Specialized
1 6.9

Tiny hard beads that swap charged particles in water to remove minerals

ion-exchange polymer
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A plastic material that removes minerals or metals from water by swapping charged particles with the liquid

corn exchange
  • Archaic
1 7.5

A building where people buy and sell grain like corn

exchange energy
  • Specialized
1 9.8

Energy that comes from tiny particles of the same kind swapping positions or states

cation-exchange resin
  • Specialized
7.8

A man-made material that removes positively charged particles from liquids to purify them

9.9

A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons

anion-exchange resin
  • Specialized
8.5

A man-made material that removes negatively charged ions from water

A large place in New York where people buy and sell company shares

9.2

A chemical change caused by light that makes substances swap parts

How Long

rally
2 4.6
exchange
  • Jargon
3 3.8

Surface Forms

exchange singular
exchanges plural

Morphology

exchange = change (semi-transparent) = ex + change

The word is formally ex + change so the connection is visible, but the chess-specific technical sense (mutual capture or a sequence of moves) is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Exchange in games means a back-and-forth of moves or shots where players trade control or chances. That's why an exchange in sport or chess is a sequence of plays between opponents.