Exchange vs. Transaction
Exchangenoun
An act of exchanging or trading.
Exchangenoun
A place for conducting trading.
Exchangenoun
A telephone exchange.
Exchangenoun
The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
Exchangenoun
A conversation.
Exchangenoun
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
Exchangenoun
(usually with "the") The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook
Exchangenoun
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
Exchangenoun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
Exchangenoun
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
Exchangeverb
(transitive) To trade or barter.
Exchangeverb
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
Exchangenoun
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.
Exchangenoun
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.
Exchangenoun
The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.
Exchangenoun
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.
Exchangenoun
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.
Exchangenoun
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also, the institution which sets regulations and maintains the physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the word was at one time often contracted to 'change
Exchangeverb
To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; - usually followed by for before the thing received.
Exchangeverb
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.
Exchangeverb
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.
Exchangeverb
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
Exchangenoun
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
Exchangenoun
a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one);
Exchangenoun
the act of changing one thing for another thing;
Exchangenoun
the act of giving something in return for something received;
Exchangenoun
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
Exchangenoun
a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
Exchangenoun
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;
Exchangenoun
reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries;
Exchangenoun
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
Exchangenoun
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop;
Exchangenoun
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value;
Exchangeverb
give to, and receive from, one another;
Exchangeverb
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;
Exchangeverb
change over, change around, or switch over
Exchangeverb
hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent;
Exchangeverb
exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Exchangenoun
an act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return
Exchangenoun
a visit or visits in which two people or groups from different countries stay with each other or do each other's jobs
Exchangenoun
the changing of money to its equivalent in the currency of another country
Exchangenoun
a system or market in which commercial transactions involving currency, shares, etc. can be carried out within or between countries.
Exchangenoun
a building or institution used for the trading of a particular commodity or commodities
Exchangenoun
a short conversation or an argument
Exchangenoun
short for telephone exchange
Exchangenoun
a move or short sequence of moves in which both players capture material of comparable value, or particularly the exchange in which one captures a rook in return for a knight or bishop.
Exchangeverb
give something and receive something of the same kind in return
Exchangeverb
give or receive one thing in place of another
Exchangeverb
exchange contracts.
Transactionnoun
The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
Transactionnoun
A deal or business agreement.
Transactionnoun
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Transactionnoun
(finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
Transactionnoun
(computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
Transactionnoun
(especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society
Transactionnoun
The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.
Transactionnoun
That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.
Transactionnoun
An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.
Transactionnoun
the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities);
Transactionnoun
an instance of buying or selling something
Transactionnoun
the action of conducting business
Transactionnoun
an exchange or interaction between people
Transactionnoun
published reports of proceedings at the meetings of a learned society.
Transactionnoun
an input message to a computer system dealt with as a single unit of work
