exchange

v. give one thing in return for another, replace one thing with another, trade, barter

n. conversion; stock market; trade, barter, act of giving something in return for something else

Exchange may mean:Trade or barter, the voluntary exchange of goods and/or servicesStudent exchange program or high school exchangeExchange rule, from Mathematical LogicThe exchange (chess), the value difference between rook and a bishop or knightPublic exchange, or open exchangeIn communications:Telephone exchangeInternet Exchange PointMicrosoft Exchange ClientMicrosoft Exchange ServerIn finance:Stock exchange, where company stocks and other securities are tradedExchange rate, how much one currency is worth in terms of the otherExchange officeFutures exchange, where futures contracts and options are tradedCommodities exchangeDerivative exchange
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(v. i.)
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
  

(n.)
To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.
  

(n.)
To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
  

(n.)
To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
  

(n.)
The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.
  

(n.)
The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
  

(n.)
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change.
  

(n.)
The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
  

(n.)
The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.
  

(n.)
A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
  

1. A room or building equipped so that telephone lines terminating there may be interconnected as required. Note: The equipment may include manual or automatic switching equipment. (188 ) 2. In the telephone industry, a geographic area (such as a city and its environs) established by a regulated telephone company for the provision of local telephone services. 3. In the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ), a local access and transport area.

The marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities and indices are traded. Principal US stock exchanges are: New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.), American Stock Exchange (A.M.E.X.)  and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (N.A.S.D.A.Q. ).