Exchange
noun
To give something to someone and receive something in return.
I will exchange my apple for your orange.
Often appears as...
- exchange gifts
- exchange vows
noun
A place where shares, currency, etc. are bought and sold.
The New York Stock Exchange is the largest in the world.
Often appears as...
- stock exchange
- foreign exchange market
noun
An argument or discussion.
There was a heated exchange between the two politicians.
Often appears as...
- heated exchange
- exchange of views
verb
To give something to someone and receive something in return.
He exchanged his pencil for a pen.
Often appears as...
- exchange places
- exchange phone numbers
noun
The act of making a phone call to talk with someone.
I had a long exchange with a customer service representative.
Often appears as...
- telephone exchange
- exchange of emails
noun
To give something to someone and receive something in return.
I will exchange my apple for your orange.
Often appears as...
- exchange gifts
- exchange vows
noun
A place where shares, currency, etc. are bought and sold.
The New York Stock Exchange is the largest in the world.
Often appears as...
- stock exchange
- foreign exchange market
noun
An argument or discussion.
There was a heated exchange between the two politicians.
Often appears as...
- heated exchange
- exchange of views
verb
To give something to someone and receive something in return.
He exchanged his pencil for a pen.
Often appears as...
- exchange places
- exchange phone numbers
noun
The act of making a phone call to talk with someone.
I had a long exchange with a customer service representative.
Often appears as...
- telephone exchange
- exchange of emails
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Mutual Benefit
'Exchange' implies both sides gain something of similar value.
They exchanged old textbooks to help each other in different subjects.
Pro Tip 2/2Conditional Agreement
Exchange usually requires agreed conditions by both parties beforehand.
Before heading to the trip, they exchanged their homes for a week.
Pro Tip 1/2Mutual Benefit
'Exchange' implies both sides gain something of similar value.
They exchanged old textbooks to help each other in different subjects.
Pro Tip 2/2Conditional Agreement
Exchange usually requires agreed conditions by both parties beforehand.
Before heading to the trip, they exchanged their homes for a week.
Pro Tip 1/2Mutual Benefit
'Exchange' implies both sides gain something of similar value.
They exchanged old textbooks to help each other in different subjects.
Pro Tip 2/2Conditional Agreement
Exchange usually requires agreed conditions by both parties beforehand.
Before heading to the trip, they exchanged their homes for a week.
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The Silk Road:...
These encounters were often less than peaceful. But even through raids and warfare, as well as trade and protection of traveling merchants in exchange for tariffs, the nomads began to spread goods, ideas and technologies between cultures with no direct contact. One of the most important strands of this growing web
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Human-powered mobility...
city is this place where we can all come together exchange ideas and really be richer but at the same time it's also helped because the city is a place where again you know we got a lot of cars a lot of traffic and a lot of infrastructure issues so what is
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The paradox of value -...
On the game show, you were thinking about each item's exchange value, what you could obtain for them at a later time, but in an emergency, like the desert scenario, what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation.
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The science of...
who rated the person as cold, stoic, and unaffectionate. If a potential mate has managed to pass all these tests, there's still one the infamous first kiss, a rich and complex exchange of tactile and chemical cues, such as the smell of one's breath,
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Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation,
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Why don't oil and water...
sort of like a square dance where they constantly and randomly exchange partners. Put simply, the ability for substances to interact with water, balanced with how they disrupt how water interacts with itself, plays an important role in explaining
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How interpreters juggle...
the initial impact of Khrushchev's apparent words put the world on a path that could have led to nuclear armageddon. So now, given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how does this sort of thing not happen all the time?
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The Obsession of the...
system of trust an elaborate tie binds us all together it connected the world sending merchants across continents in search of far-off riches exchange was the engine that drove the progress of civilization and money was the fuel it
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What’s so great about...
creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day. In fact, today, the interconnected Great Lakes
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
These encounters were often less than peaceful. But even through raids and warfare, as well as trade and protection of traveling merchants in exchange for tariffs, the nomads began to spread goods, ideas and technologies between cultures with no direct contact. One of the most important strands of this growing web
Video examples
Human-powered mobility...
city is this place where we can all come together exchange ideas and really be richer but at the same time it's also helped because the city is a place where again you know we got a lot of cars a lot of traffic and a lot of infrastructure issues so what is
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
On the game show, you were thinking about each item's exchange value, what you could obtain for them at a later time, but in an emergency, like the desert scenario, what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation.
Video examples
The science of...
who rated the person as cold, stoic, and unaffectionate. If a potential mate has managed to pass all these tests, there's still one the infamous first kiss, a rich and complex exchange of tactile and chemical cues, such as the smell of one's breath,
Video examples
Are China and the US...
by whichever measure -- PPP, market exchange rates -- the largest economy in the world over the course of the decade ahead. They're already the largest trading nation, already the largest exporting nation, already the largest manufacturing nation,
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
sort of like a square dance where they constantly and randomly exchange partners. Put simply, the ability for substances to interact with water, balanced with how they disrupt how water interacts with itself, plays an important role in explaining
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
the initial impact of Khrushchev's apparent words put the world on a path that could have led to nuclear armageddon. So now, given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how does this sort of thing not happen all the time?
Video examples
The Obsession of the...
system of trust an elaborate tie binds us all together it connected the world sending merchants across continents in search of far-off riches exchange was the engine that drove the progress of civilization and money was the fuel it
Video examples
What’s so great about...
creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange that persists to this day. In fact, today, the interconnected Great Lakes
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
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Piper Laurie
American Actress
It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.
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Lakeith Stanfield
American Actor
Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
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Chad Hurley
American Businessman
Video is universal and allows people around the world to communicate and exchange ideas.
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Richard Parks Bland
American Politician
We invite, then, the world to come with its silver and make the exchange.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian Actor
I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.
Quote examples
Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things.
Quote examples
Jim Morrison
American Singer
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
Quote examples
Piper Laurie
American Actress
It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.
Quote examples
Lakeith Stanfield
American Actor
Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.
Quote examples
Milton Friedman
American Economist
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
Quote examples
Chad Hurley
American Businessman
Video is universal and allows people around the world to communicate and exchange ideas.
Quote examples
Richard Parks Bland
American Politician
We invite, then, the world to come with its silver and make the exchange.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Quote examples
Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
Quote examples
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian Actor
I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.
Example 1 of 10
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