交易所exchangeFromMiddleEnglisheschaunge
Exchangeofonepersonorthingforanother;reciprocalgivingandreceiving:(a)ofprisonersofwar;(b)ofproperties.
Exchangeofonekindordenominationofmoneyforanother;conversionofonekindofmoneyintoanotherforprofit;anactofmoney-changing;thetradeorauthorityofmoney-changing;(b)letterofeschaunge,aletterofcredit.
Exchangeofgoods,merchandise,orthelike,bywayofbarterorsale;trafficincommoditiesofvalue;makeneschaunge(s;(b)fig.abargainoragreement.
Interchange;(b)replacementofonethingbyanother;substitution.
Change,mutability;(b)transmutation.
exchangeFromMiddleEnglisheschaunge,borrowedfromAnglo-Normaneschaunge
exchange
1.Anactofexchangingortrading.Allinall,itwasanevenexchange.anexchangeofcattleforgrain
2.Aplaceforconductingtrading.Thestockexchangeisopenfortrading.
3.Atelephoneexchange.
4.(telephony,US)Thefourththroughsixthdigitsofaten-digitphonenumber(thefirstthreebeforetheintroductionofareacodes).The555exchangeisreservedforusebythephonecompany,whichiswhyit''softenusedinfilms.NPA-NXX-1234isstandardformat,whereNPAistheareacodeandNXXistheexchange.
5.Aconversation.[quotations▼]Afteranexchangewiththemanager,wewerenowiser.
6.(chess)Thelossofonepieceandassociatedcaptureofanother1.(usuallywith"the")Thelossofarelativelyminorpiece(typicallyabishoporknight)andassociatedcaptureofthemoreadvantageousrook
7.(obsolete)Thethinggivenorreceivedinreturn;especially,apublicationexchangedforanother.(CanwefindandaddaquotationofShakespearetothisentry?)
8.(biochemistry)Thetransferofsubstancesorelementslikegas,amino-acids,ionsetc.sometimesthroughasurfacelikeamembrane.
9.(finance)Thedifferencebetweenthevaluesofmoneyindifferentplaces.
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