Adjective: exchanged eks'cheynjd or iks'cheynjdVerb: exchange iks'cheynj or eks'cheynj
- Give to, and receive from, one another
"We have been exchanging letters for a year";
- change, interchange
- Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
"exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
- Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"exchange regular milk for fat-free milk";
- substitute, replace, interchange, sub [informal]
- Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
"He exchanged his name";
- change, commute, convert
- Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
"They exchanged positions in the lineup";
- switch over, switch
- Exchange a penalty for a less severe one
"The judge exchanged the jail time for community service";
- commute, convert
See also: changed
Type of: alter, change, modify, reassign, replace, reverse, transfer, turn
Encyclopedia: Exchanged
Exchange, Pennsylvania