exchange in English: To give something to someone and get something else back from them. (verb)

Translation

To give something to someone and get something else back from them.

Word origin

From Old French eschangier, from Latin cambiare, meaning to barter or swap.

Verb typeregular (exchange, exchanges, exchanged)

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To "exchange" is to swap: each person gives and each person gets.

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In a shop, "exchange" means to give a thing back and take another.

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"In exchange for" shows what each side gets. Here "exchange" is a noun.

give

To hand something to someone so it becomes theirs to have or use.

take

To get hold of something and carry it, or to move it with you.

change

To make something different, or to become different.

trade

The buying and selling of goods, especially between countries.

share

To let someone else have or use part of what you have.

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