What is the meaning of exchange?

noun

• Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
• A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one. )
  • usage: "they had a bitter exchange"
• The act of changing one thing for another thing.
  • usage: "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners"
  • synonyms: interchange
• The act of giving something in return for something received.
  • usage: "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.
  • synonyms: central, telephone exchange
• A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.
• Sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes. (
  • usage: "after a short rally Connors won the point"
  • synonyms: rally
• Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries. )
  • usage: "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
  • synonyms: interchange
• (n.) ()
  • synonyms: substitution, commutation
• Chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop. (
  • usage: "black lost the exchange"
• Chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value. (
  • usage: "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

verb

• Give to, and receive from, one another.
  • usage: "Would you change places with me"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
  • synonyms: change, interchange
• Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.
  • usage: "Could you convert my dollars into pounds"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
  • synonyms: change, commute, convert
• Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.
  • synonyms: switch over, switch
• Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.
  • usage: "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
• Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
  • usage: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • synonyms: substitute, replace, interchange
• Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
  • synonyms: commute, convert