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Meaning of exchange

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  exchange
      n 1: chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes
           places with another
      2: a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one);
         "they had a bitter exchange"
      3: the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was
         promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience";
         "there was an interchange of prisoners" [syn: {exchange},
         {interchange}]
      4: the act of giving something in return for something received;
         "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are
         allowable"
      5: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
         where lines from telephones can be connected together to
         permit communication [syn: {central}, {telephone exchange},
         {exchange}]
      6: a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
      7: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;
         "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: {rally},
         {exchange}]
      8: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially
         the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living
         from the interchange of currency" [syn: {exchange},
         {interchange}]
      9: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of
         another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution
         came too late to help" [syn: {substitution}, {exchange},
         {commutation}]
      10: (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or
          bishop; "black lost the exchange"
      11: (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive
          moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after
          the exchange of queens"
      v 1: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change
           places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a
           year" [syn: {exchange}, {change}, {interchange}]
      2: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or
         category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He
         changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
         "convert holdings into shares" [syn: {change}, {exchange},
         {commute}, {convert}]
      3: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
         [syn: {switch over}, {switch}, {exchange}]
      4: hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent;
         "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of
         the company"
      5: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent
         items; "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" [syn: {substitute}, {replace},
         {interchange}, {exchange}]
      6: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: {commute},
         {convert}, {exchange}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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