Antonyms for exchange
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : iks-cheynj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ |
Definition of exchange
Origin :- late 14c., "act of reciprocal giving and receiving," from Anglo-French eschaunge, Old French eschange (Modern French échange), from Late Latin excambium, from excambiare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + cambire "barter" (see change). Practice of merchants or lenders meeting to exchange bills of debt led to meaning "building for mercantile business" (1580s).
- noun trade; deal
- noun place where stocks are bought, sold
- verb trade
- They reached the office of Fouts, in the, latter street, just as the Exchange had closed.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But I was not content with the first view that had been afforded me at the Exchange.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I saw you in the Exchange this morning—I saw you yesterday—and the day before.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- And what do you propose to give him in exchange for the solace that you take away?
- Extract from : « Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Exchange typewriters with me so I can have the same machine.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "Piece for piece, I will exchange, as I offered," he announced.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- Oh, foolish woman, if you do, you only exchange your woes for worse ones.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- The first one was from a brother minister, begging an exchange.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- How do your lawyers live, your politicians, your intriguers, your men of the Exchange?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- There had never been anything between them, not even the exchange of a kiss.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for exchange
- alternate
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- buy and sell
- buying and selling
- cash in
- castle
- castling
- change
- change hands
- commerce
- commutation
- commute
- contact with
- conversion
- convert into
- correspond
- correspondence
- curb
- deal in
- dealing
- displace
- flip-flop
- give and take
- go over to
- hook up
- horse trade
- interchange
- interdependence
- interrelation
- invert
- link up
- market
- net
- network
- over the counter
- pass to
- pay back
- quid pro quo
- rearrange
- rearrangement
- reciprocate
- reciprocation
- reciprocity
- replace
- replacement
- return the compliment
- reverse
- revise
- revision
- seesaw
- shift
- shuffle
- shuffling
- shuttle
- stock exchange
- store
- substitute
- substitution
- supplanting
- supplantment
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- the Big Board
- the Street
- tit for tat
- traffic
- transact
- transaction
- transfer
- transpose
- transposing
- transposition
- truck
- turn the tables
- Wall Street
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