Definition of exchange

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Exchange (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..

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Exchange :: Exchange (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..
Transpose :: Transpose (v. t.) To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions..
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
Changeling :: Changeling (n.) One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies..
Worth :: Worth (a.) Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
Stag :: Stag (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange..
Bank :: Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity..
Discount :: Discount (v.) To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Reexchange :: Reexchange (n.) A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.
Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Drawee :: Drawee (n.) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
Truckman :: Truckman (n.) One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another..
Agree :: Agree (v. i.) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
Bill Book :: Bill book () A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives..
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters..
Transaction :: Transaction (n.) That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange..
Counterchange :: Counterchange (v. t.) To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
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