Exchange

[ɪks'tʃeɪndʒ;eks-] or [ɪks'tʃendʒ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; 'the endgame began after the exchange of queens'.

(noun.) (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; 'black lost the exchange'.

(noun.) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); 'he earns his living from the interchange of currency'.

(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'; 'there was an interchange of prisoners'.

(noun.) a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.

(noun.) a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); 'they had a bitter exchange'.

(noun.) chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.

(verb.) give to, and receive from, one another; 'Would you change places with me?'; 'We have been exchanging letters for a year'.

(verb.) hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; 'exchange prisoners'; 'exchange employees between branches of the company'.

艾米編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

(n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

(n.) The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.

(n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.

(n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.

(n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change.

(n.) To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.

(n.) To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.

(n.) To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.

(v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.

錄入:勒达

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Barter, commute, swap, truck, change.[2]. Interchange, bandy, give and take reciprocally.

n. [1]. Barter, traffic, trade, commutation.[2]. Interchange, reciprocity.[3]. Bourse.

整理:塞丽娜

同義詞及反義詞：

[See CHANGE]

整理:康拉德

解釋/意思:

v.t. to give or leave one place or thing for another: to give and take mutually: to barter.—n. the giving and taking one thing for another: barter: the thing exchanged: process by which accounts between distant parties are settled by bills instead of money: the difference between the value of money in different places: the building where merchants &c. meet for business.—n. Exchangeabil′ity.—adj. Exchange′able that may be exchanged.—n. Exchan′ger one who exchanges or practises exchange: (B.) a money-changer a banker.

手打:莉莲