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exchange

exchange

515 2.1
The act of giving something and getting something in return
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒ/
translation icon : intercambio
  • Such preparation will help to ensure the exchange of ideas in a mutually respectful manner.
  • exchange of ideas
  • information exchange
  • cultural exchange

We'll make that exchange and it's fair.

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Examples

  • We're going to minimize the friction of the free exchange of goods.

  • The focus group approach allowed for an exchange of ideas among the hospice social workers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We'll make that exchange and it's fair.

  • All I want in exchange for that is just to learn.

  • In exchange for that secret, you will request a truth.

  • We're going to make this exchange of value feel awesome.

  • You simply enjoy the profits in exchange for your capital.

  • To foster interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops were kept small, with 25-65 participants.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Competent intercultural communication skills lay the foundation for meaningful exchanges between people from different cultures.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The girls had a little Christmas gift exchange at cheerleading practice last night.

Synonyms

quid pro quo
vsexchange
117 8.0

A swap of favors where each side gives something to get something

is any act of giving and receiving not only those tied to deals
swap
vsexchange
94 2.6

A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes

involves any giving and receiving not limited to equal value acts
interchange
vsexchange
5 3.9

A sharing of things or ideas between people

covers giving and receiving between people and also simple replacement

Compounds

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

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

21 3.2

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

stock exchange
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A market where people buy and sell company shares through brokers

foreign exchange
  • Specialized
7 4.1

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

medium of exchange
  • Specialized
4 4.1

Something people accept to pay for goods and services

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

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

exchange traded fund
  • Specialized
2 6.1

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

telephone exchange
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A place with machines that connects telephone calls for many people

futures exchange
  • Specialized
1 5.6

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

rate of exchange
  • Specialized
1 3.8

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

1 5.2

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

commodities exchange
  • Specialized
1 4.8

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

commodity exchange
  • Specialized
1 5.5

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

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

ion exchange
  • Specialized
1 5.8

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

7.5

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

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

corn exchange
  • Archaic
7.5

A building where people buy and sell grain like corn

anion-exchange resin
  • Specialized
8.5

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

exchange energy
  • Specialized
9.8

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

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

exchange premium
  • Specialized
7.4

Extra money you pay to change one currency into another

exchange transfusion
  • Specialized
7.5

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

5.3

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

ion-exchange polymer
  • Specialized
6.9

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

ion-exchange resin
  • Specialized
6.9

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

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

pegged exchange rate
  • Specialized
7.0

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

9.2

A chemical change caused by light that makes substances swap parts

post exchange
  • Jargon
6.4

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

How Collaborative

to cross-fertilize
  • Formal
5.8
to integrate
179 4.1
exchange
515 2.1
to share
711 1.0

Surface Forms

exchange singular
exchanges plural

Morphology

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

This noun is a straightforward zero-derived action noun from the verb 'exchange'.

Etymology

Exchange comes from parts ex- 'out' and change 'to swap or make different'. So think of taking something out and swapping it for something else, which is why exchange means a give-and-receive or trade.