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exchange

exchange

106 3.5
Changing money from one currency to another
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒ/
translation icon : cambio de divisas
  • Systematic reviews have the potential to promote knowledge exchange between researchers and decision-makers.
  • exchange rate
  • foreign exchange
  • currency exchange

There is no currency exchange between these two things.

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Examples

  • Rather than giving up on exchange rate management, many gave up on current account deficits.

    Academic text (2008)
  • - Yes, but that would involve an exchange of currency.

  • Everything we do is based on the exchange of money.

  • A lot of times the exchange rate is so much better for them.

  • A global growth agenda and new foreign exchange rules are therefore essential.

    Academic text (2011)
  • A second reason was to maintain exchange rates at levels favorable to the promotion of Chinese exports.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Nations now losing gold and foreign exchange reserves imposed capital controls that hindered foreign investment.

    Academic text (2012)
  • To complicate matters, many governments control their exchange rates to maintain a noninflationary monetary policy.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The bank offered a better exchange rate for tourists wanting to convert their dollars into euros.

  • When traveling abroad, it's crucial to know the current exchange for your currency.

Synonyms

transaction
vsexchange
236 3.8

An exchange where someone pays money for goods or services

is the process of converting one currency into another, not the whole business event
swap
vsexchange
94 2.6

A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes

is the change of money between currencies rather than trading items
conversion
vsexchange
  • Specialized
24 4.2

Changing money or assets from one type to another

is the general process of transferring money between different currencies
foreign exchange
vsexchange
  • Specialized
7 4.1

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

is the individual act of converting money between currencies
interchange
vsexchange
5 3.9

A sharing of things or ideas between people

is specifically about converting one currency into another for payment

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

Surface Forms

exchange singular
exchanges plural

Morphology

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

As a noun from the verb it clearly names an act of exchanging, but the currency-specific financial use is more specialized than the basic verb.

Etymology

Exchange used to be used for 'change' of money, like when you change coins or notes, so imagine swapping one country's money for another. That's why a money exchange is a place or process to convert one currency into another.