exchange

  • 1Exchange — may mean: * Trade or barter, the voluntary exchange of goods and/or services * Social exchange * Student exchange program or high school exchange * Exchange rule, from Mathematical Logic * The exchange (chess), the value difference between rook… …

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  • 2exchange — ex·change n 1 a: a giving of something of value (as real property) in return for something of equal value (as money or property of a like kind) b in the civil law of Louisiana: a giving of something of value in return for something of equal value …

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  • 3exchange — ex*change ([e^]ks*ch[=a]nj ), n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [ e]changer, to exchange; pref. ex out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Exchange — Ex*change , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. [ e]changer. See {Exchange}, n.] 1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; usually… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Exchange — Ex*change , v. i. To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Exchange — (engl., spr. Ekstschehndsch), Austausch, Umtausch, Wechsel, die Börse in London …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 7Exchange — (engl., spr. ex tschēndsch), Austausch, Umtausch; Wechsel, Umsatz; Börse (s.d.) …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 8Exchange On —   [engl.], XON …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 9Exchange — The marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities and indices are traded. Principal US stock exchanges are: New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE), American Stock Exchange ( AMEX) and the National Association of… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 10exchange — An association of persons who participate in the business of buying or selling futures contracts or futures options. A forum or place where traders gather to buy or sell economic goods. With the advent of the computerized exchange, it is… …

    Financial and business terms