Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - exchange
Exchange
exchange
n. & v. --n. 1 the act or an instance of giving one thing and receiving another in its place. 2 a the giving of money for its equivalent in the money of the same or another country. b the fee or percentage charged for this. 3 the central telephone office of a district, where connections are effected. 4 a place where merchants, bankers, etc. gather to transact business. 5 a an office where certain information is given or a service provided, usu. involving two parties. b an employment office. 6 a system of settling debts between persons (esp. in different countries) without the use of money, by bills of exchange (see BILL(1)). 7 a a short conversation, esp. a disagreement or quarrel. b a sequence of letters between correspondents. 8 Chess the capture of an important piece (esp. a rook) by one player at the loss of a minor piece to the opposing player. 9 (attrib.) forming part of an exchange, e.g. of personnel between institutions (an exchange student). --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by for) give or receive (one thing) in place of another. 2 tr. give and receive as equivalents (e.g. things or people, blows, information, etc.); give one and receive another of. 3 intr. (often foll. by with) make an exchange. Phrases and idioms exchange rate the value of one currency in terms of another. in exchange (often foll. by for) as a thing exchanged (for). Derivatives exchangeable adj. exchangeability n. exchanger n. Etymology: ME f. OF eschangier f. Rmc (as EX-(1), CHANGE)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: change Date: 14th century the act of giving or taking one thing in return for another ; trade , 2. the act or process of substituting one thing for another, reciprocal giving and receiving, something offered, given, or received in an ~, 4. funds payable currently at a distant point either in a foreign currency or in domestic currency, b. interchange or conversion of the money of two countries or of current and uncurrent money with allowance for difference in value, ~ rate, the amount of the difference in value between two currencies or between values of a particular currency at two places, instruments (as checks or bills of ~) presented in a clearinghouse for settlement, a place where things or services are ~d: as, an organized market or center for trading in securities or commodities, a store or shop specializing in merchandise usually of a particular type, a cooperative store or society, a central office in which telephone lines are connected to permit communication, II. verb (~d; exchanging) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to part with, give, or transfer in consideration of something received as an equivalent, to have replaced by other merchandise , to part with for a substitute , to give and receive reciprocally , intransitive verb to pass or become received in ~, to engage in an ~, ~ability noun ~able adjective ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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