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Meaning of exchange in English

exchange
noun
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/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ us
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/

exchange noun (GIVING AND GETTING)

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B1 [ C or U ]
the act of giving something to someone and them giving you something else:
an exchange of ideas/information
in exchange for They were given food and shelter in exchange for work.
She proposes an exchange of contracts at two o'clock.
Several people were killed during the exchange of gunfire.
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exchange noun (CONVERSATION)

[ C ]
a short conversation or argument:
brief exchange There was a brief exchange between the two leaders.
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exchange noun (VISIT)

B1 [ C ]
an arrangement in which students, artists, or other people from one country visit another country:
Are you going on the French exchange this year?
a German exchange student
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exchange noun (STOCK EXCHANGE)

[ C usually singular ]
a stock exchange
exchange
verb [ T ]
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/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ us
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
B1
to give something to someone and receive something from that person:
It's traditional for the two teams to exchange shirts after the game.
Every month the group meets so its members can exchange their views/opinions (= have a discussion).
We exchanged greetings before the meeting.
We can exchange addresses when we see each other.
Exchanging houses (= going to live in someone else's house while they live in yours) for a few weeks is a good way of having a holiday.
to take something back to a shop where it was bought and get something else instead:
If you don't like the gift, you can exchange it.
exchange something for something I exchanged those trousers for a larger size.
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exchangeable

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exchange words
(Definition of exchange from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

exchange | American Dictionary

exchange
verb [ T ]
us
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
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to change something for something else of a similar value or type:
This shirt is too small – can I exchange it for one in a larger size?
Before we left the meeting, she and I exchanged phone numbers (= I told her mine and she told me hers).
exchange
noun [ C/U ]
us
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
the act of giving something to someone and getting something else that is similar:
[ C ] an exchange of ideas
[ C ] an exchange of prisoners
(Definition of exchange from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

exchange | Business English

exchange
noun
uk
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ us
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[ C ]
a place or organization where shares, currencies, commodities, etc. are bought and sold:
Exchanges in France and Germany rose by about 2%.
As the demand for a stock rises and falls on the exchange, the price for the stock will fluctuate.
[ U ]   MONEY, FINANCE
the process of changing one currency for another:
We offer commission-free exchange at our UK ports.
exchange of sth Deregulation prevented any barrier to the free exchange of currencies.
[ C or U ]
an occasion when you give or return something to someone and they give you something else:
If an item is faulty you are guaranteed a refund or an exchange.
exchange of sth You may request an exchange of any or all of your shares into another mutual fund in the group.
information/knowledge exchange
[ C ]
an agreement in which two people or groups visit each other's home, place of work, or place of study for a short time in order to learn more about them:
on an exchange There will be the opportunity to visit Germany on an exchange.
an exchange programme/visit/scheme
[ C or U ]   COMMUNICATIONS
an occasion when one person communicates with another, and the other person replies:
There was an angry exchange at the meeting.
The e-mail exchange between them was released to the court along with other documents.
in exchange (for sth)
given because of something that has been given to you:
There's no doubt that stocks carry risk, and reward you with the chance of higher returns in exchange.
The group sold half of its London casino business in exchange for shares.

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B2B exchange
Baltic Exchange
bill of exchange
Chicago Board Options Exchange
commodity exchange
currency exchange
direct exchange
duplicate of exchange
electronic data exchange
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futures exchange
indirect exchange
information exchange
International Securities Exchange
London Commodity Exchange
London Metal Exchange
London Stock Exchange
medium of exchange
mercantile exchange
the New York Stock Exchange
options exchange
part exchange noun
private branch exchange
regional stock exchange
the Securities and Exchange Commission
securities exchange
share exchange offer
Single-Minute Exchange of Die
stock exchange
telephone exchange
exchange
verb
uk
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ us
[ T ]
to give or return something to someone and receive something from them:
They shook hands and exchanged business cards.
If the goods are faulty you should be able to exchange them.
exchange sth for sth Under these schemes, shareholdings can be exchanged for units in a unit trust.
[ T ]   FINANCE
to change one currency into another:
exchange sth for sth In this way we will save on the costs of exchanging euro for sterling and vice versa.
exchange sth into sth Larger hotels will exchange dollars into local currency.
[ T ]   COMMUNICATIONS
to communicate with someone who then replies:
We exchanged a few words before the meeting began.
exchange sth with sb Users can create pages with photos and personal information, and exchange e-mail with other users.
[ I or T ]   PROPERTY   UK
to sign a legal document with the person you are buying property from as the last part of the process of buying it:
When you exchange, you must satisfy yourself that you are happy with the condition of the home you are moving into before you move.
We hope to exchange contracts next week.
(Definition of exchange from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of exchange

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Such exchanges have had a major impact on market operations.
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A brief but perceptive ' conclusion ' reviews the main trends in the detailed historical exchanges.
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Finally, the recordings are from high stakes academic events and not ordinary exchanges.
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Migrants are exchanged between the demes and it is assumed that they come, with equal probability, from any other deme.
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Understanding and working with "failed communication" in telecollaborative exchanges.
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Based on this reasoning, we decided here to count such initial phoneme exchanges as correct.
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Indeed, exchanges among proto-organisms may have been indiscriminate, involving precursor biomolecules of all kinds.
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In these exchanges, children heard conversation that drew on their prior knowledge, pointed to the physical and social context, and provided verbal semantic information.
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In short, repetition is an important device in adult-child exchanges for marking additions to common ground.
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Their argument is that conversational exchanges are the main channel through which we discover other minds and our own.
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In the parent-child exchanges explored in this paper, we focused on how parents get young children to attend.
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Since the economic interactions are socially embedded, product and community identities are linked through these exchanges.
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Gathering and exchanging information and improving dissemination of findings will lead to more effective and efficient priority-setting procedures.
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Although local and regional differences often require customized assessments, the value of exchanging experiences was highlighted by the participants.
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The silica gel was exchanged in all the bags at the first sign of a change of the indicator colour.
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Collocations with exchange

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bilateral exchange
Distributed computation of economic equilibria via bilateral exchange.
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brief exchange
They were necessarily brief exchanges and incomplete.
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Hansard archive
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cation exchange capacity
The cation exchange capacity was calculated by summing the basic cations and the exchangeable acidity.
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Translations of exchange

in Chinese (Traditional)
交換, 互換, 交流…
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交换, 互换, 交流…
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एखाद्याला काही देणे आणि ते आपल्याला दुसरे काही देणे, देवाणघेवाण, एक व्यवस्था ज्यामध्ये एका देशातील विद्यार्थी दुसऱ्या देशातील विद्यार्थ्यांसोबत राहायला जातात…
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やり取り, 交換留学生, （教師の）交換プログラム…
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değiş tokuş, alışveriş, öğrenci değişimi…
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échange [masculine], change [masculine], échanger…
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intercanvi, intercanviar, canviar…
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ஒருவருக்கு எதையாவது கொடுப்பதும், அவர்கள் உங்களுக்கு வேறு எதையாவது கொடுப்பதும், ஒரு நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவர்கள் மற்றொரு நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவர்களுடன் தங்குவதற்காக செய்யும் ஏற்பாடு…
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आदान-प्रदान की क्रिया, विनिमय, एक देश के छात्रों का दूसरे देश के छात्रों के संग जा कर रहना…
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આપલે, વિદ્યાર્થી વિનિમય કાર્યક્રમ, કોઈને કંઈ આપવું અને તેની પાસેથી કંઈક મેળવવું…
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veksle, bytte, udveksle…
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växla, byta, utbyte…
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tukar, berbalas pandangan, sebagai pertukaran…
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wechseln, tauschen, der Austausch…
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bytte [neuter], utveksling [masculine], meningsutveksling [masculine]…
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تبادلہ, عوض, ایکسچنج (ایک ایسا انتظام جس میں ایک ملک کے طلباء دوسرے ملک کے طلباء کے ساتھ رہنے کے لئے بھیجےجاتے ہیں)…
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обміняти, обмінювати(ся), обмін…
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ఒక వ్యక్తికి ఏదైనా ఇవ్వడం మరియు వారు మీకు వేరొక దానిని ఇచ్చే చర్య, ఒక దేశపు విద్యార్థులు మరొక దేశపు విద్యార్థులతో కలిసి ఉండటానికి చేసే ఏర్పాటు, మార్పిడి…
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আদান-প্রদান, একটি ব্যবস্থা যেখানে এক দেশের শিক্ষার্থীরা অন্য দেশের শিক্ষার্থীদের সঙ্গে থাকতে যায়, বিনিময় করা…
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đổi, trao đổi, sự trao đổi…
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wymiana, wymiana zdań, wymieniać…
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바꿈, 교환, 교환(학생혹은 교수)…
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scambio, scambiare, cambiare…
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