exchanges

exchange[ 'iks't?eind?s ]

• n.
  • chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
  • a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

    "they had a bitter exchange"

  • the act of changing one thing for another thing

    "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an exchange of prisoners"

  • the act of giving something in return for something received

    "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"

  • a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

    同义词：centraltelephone exchange

  • a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
  • (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

    同义词：rally

  • reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries

    同义词：interchange

  • the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:

    同义词：substitutioncommutation

  • (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

    "black lost the exchange"

  • (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

    "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

• v.
  • give to, and receive from, one another

    同义词：changeinterchange

  • exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    同义词：changecommuteconvert

  • change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    同义词：switch overswitch

  • hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

    "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

  • exchange a penalty for a less severe one

    同义词：commuteconvert