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Results for: "exchange"

Translating from English to Hebrew

Translations:

exchange — act of exchanging or trading
→ הֲמָרָה (hamará) f
→ חֲלִיפִין (ẖalifín) m/pl
exchange — place for conducting trading
→ בּוּרְסָה (búrsa) f
exchange — To trade or barter
→ הֶחְלִיף (hekhlíf)

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 11

  1. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

  2. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

    • “they had a bitter exchange”
  3. the act of changing one thing for another thing

    • “Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience”
    • “there was an interchange of prisoners”
    Synonymsinterchange
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  1. the act of giving something in return for something received

    • “deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable”
  2. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

    Synonymscentraltelephone exchange
  3. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

  4. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

    • “after a short rally Connors won the point”
    Synonymsrally
  5. reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)

    • “he earns his living from the interchange of currency”
    Synonymsinterchange
  6. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

  7. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

    • “black lost the exchange”
  8. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

    • “the endgame began after the exchange of queens”

VERB 6

  1. give to, and receive from, one another

    • “Would you change places with me?”
    • “We have been exchanging letters for a year”
  2. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    • “Could you convert my dollars into pounds?”
    • “He changed his name”
    • “convert centimeters into inches”
    • “convert holdings into shares”
  3. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

    Synonymsswitch overswitch
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  1. hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

    • “exchange prisoners”
    • “exchange employees between branches of the company”
  2. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    • “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”
    • “substitute regular milk with fat-free milk”
    • “synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning”
  3. exchange a penalty for a less severe one