Noun Definition

exchange

1.Definition: (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

"Black lost the exchange"

Category: General

2.Definition: (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

"The endgame began after the exchange of queens"

Category: General

3.Definition: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

Related Noun(s):rally

Category: General

4.Definition: a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

"They had a bitter exchange"

Category: General

5.Definition: a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

Category: Objects

6.Definition: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Related Noun(s):central

Category: Objects

7.Definition: chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

Category: General

8.Definition: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

Related Noun(s):interchange

Category: General

9.Definition: the act of changing one thing for another thing

"Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience", "There was an interchange of prisoners"

Related Noun(s):interchange

Category: General

10.Definition: the act of giving something in return for something received

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

Category: General

11.Definition: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:

Related Noun(s):commutation, substitution

Category: General