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

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance^†, tabernacle, throne, ark.    home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall^†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana^†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land.    habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche.    nest, nidus, snuggery^†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry^†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah^†.    bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation^†; barrack, casemate^†, casern^†.    tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium^†.    tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft^†.    cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy^†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn^†; kennel, sty, doghold^†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary^†, columbarium; shippen^†; igloo, iglu^†, jacal^†; lacustrine dwelling^†, lacuslake dwelling^†, lacuspile dwelling^†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek^†.    house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000.    hamlet, village, thorp^†, dorp^†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto.    street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda^†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.    square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.    anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.    quarter, parish etc. (region) 181.    assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow^†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop^†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen^†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet^†, posada^†; almshouse^†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].    garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance^†, demesne.    [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo.    ... show more

Roget 799: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's.    stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.    wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.].    shop, emporium, establishment; store etc. 636; department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse^†.    [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store.    [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.    mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.    surplus store, army-navy surplus store.    [locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop.    warehouse, wareroom^†; depot, interposit^†, entrepot [Fr.].    market-overt.    real-estate broker.    vending machine.    ... show more

A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one).

The act of changing one thing for another thing:
— Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience.

synonym: interchange.

Roget 148: interchange, exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation; reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling; alternation, reciprocity; castling (at chess); hocus-pocus.    interchangeableness^†, interchangeability.    recombination; combination etc. 48.    barter etc. 794; tit for tat etc. (retaliation) 718; cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock; quid pro quo.    ... show more

Roget 794: barter, exchange, scorse^†, truck system; interchange etc. 148.    a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian gift [U.S.].    trade, commerce, mercature^†, buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business, nundination^†, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing^†, agiotage^†, brokery^†.    deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain.    free trade.    ... show more

Roget 12: reciprocalness etc. adj.^†; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association; interchange etc. 148; exchange, barter.    reciprocator, reprocitist.    ... show more

The act of giving something in return for something received.

Polish: zamiana, wymiana, substytucja

A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.

synonyms: central, telephone exchange.

Dutch: centrale, devies, deviezen, telefooncentrale
Polish: centrala telekomunikacyjna

A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.

Dutch: beurs, beursgebouw, foor
Polish: giełda

sports An unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.

synonym: rally.

Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).

synonym: interchange.

Dutch: inruil, tegenwaarde
Polish: wymienianie, zamienianie

The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.

synonyms: commutation, substitution.

Roget 783: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation^†; demise, limitation; conveyancing^†; transmission etc. (transference) 270; enfeoffment^†, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange etc. (interchange) 148; barter etc. 794; substitution etc. 147.    succession, reversion; shifting use, shifting trust; devolution.    ... show more

Dutch: uitwisseling, beurs, substitutie, vervanging
Polish: zmienianie, zamienianie, zastępowanie, wymienianie

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

chess The capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value.

Polish: wymiana

Give to, and receive from, one another.

synonyms: change, interchange.

Roget 12: reciprocate, alternate; interchange etc. 148; exchange; counterchange^†.   

Roget 148: interchange, exchange, counterchange^†; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate etc. 718; requite.    rearrange, recombine.    ... show more

Roget 794: barter, exchange, swap, swop^†, truck, scorse^†; interchange etc. 148; commutate etc. (substitute) 147; compound for.    trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate^†; carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in.    trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with; open an account with, keep an account with.    bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle^†; dicker [U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask, charge; strike a bargain etc. (contract) 769.    speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market.    ... show more

Dutch: verwisselen, swap, inwisselen, omruilen, omwisselen, ruilen

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.

synonyms: change, commute, convert.

Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.

synonyms: switch, switch over.

Dutch: omwisselen, switchen

Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.

Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.

synonyms: interchange, replace, substitute.

Roget 783: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant etc. (confer) 784; consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange etc. (interchange) 148.    change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come into possession etc. (acquire) 775.    abalienate^†; disinherit; dispossess etc. 789; substitute etc. 147.    ... show more

Dutch: vervangen

Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.

synonyms: commute, convert.

Dutch: wisselen