Definition of exchange

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Exchange (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..

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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..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Interchangement :: Interchangement (n.) Mutual transfer; exchange.
Permutation :: Permutation (n.) Barter; exchange.
Draff :: Draff (n.) An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange..
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
Lloyd''s :: Lloyd's (n.) A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms..
Gold :: Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7..
Exchangeable :: Exchangeable (a.) Available for making exchanges; ratable.
Excambium :: Excambium (n.) Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.
Price :: Price (n. & v.) The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost..
Catallactics :: Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy..
Octavalent :: Octavalent (a.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals..
Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house..
Incommutable :: Incommutable (a.) Not commutable; not capable of being exchanged with, or substituted for, another..
Scorse :: Scorse (v. t.) To barter or exchange.
Exchanged :: Exchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Exchang.
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money..
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate..
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