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exchange

verbnoun /ɪksʧeɪndʒ/ 2 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 21 WWF 23
Definitions
verb

exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

verb

change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

noun

a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

“they had a bitter exchange”

noun

a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

noun

chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

noun

gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

“black lost the exchange”

noun

the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

“the endgame began after the exchange of queens”

verb

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

“exchange prisoners”

noun

the act of giving something in return for something received

“deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable”

noun

the act of changing one thing for another thing

“Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience”

verb

give to, and receive from, one another

verb

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

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