exchange

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɛksʧeɪndʒ/

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Verb

Plain form exchange

Third-person singular exchanges

Past tense exchanged

Past participle exchanged

Present participle exchanging

1. An exchange is when a person or a group of people trade an item or service with another person or group of people.

   The children can exchange toys so that each child has a new toy to play with.

Noun

Singular exchange

Plural exchanges

1. (countable) An exchange is the act of exchanging.

   I did well in that exchange. Now I have three good new books, and I only paid a little money.

Related words

• exchangeable

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