ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCHANGE
From Anglo-French eschaungier, from Vulgar Latin excambiāre (unattested), from Latin cambīre to barter.
WHAT DOES EXCHANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of exchange in the English dictionary
The first definition of exchange in the dictionary is to give up, part with, or transfer for an equivalent. Other definition of exchange is to give and receive ; interchange. Exchange is also to replace with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCHANGE
PRESENT
Present
I exchange
you exchange
he/she/it exchanges
we exchange
you exchange
they exchange
Present continuous
I am exchanging
you are exchanging
he/she/it is exchanging
we are exchanging
you are exchanging
they are exchanging
Present perfect
I have exchanged
you have exchanged
he/she/it has exchanged
we have exchanged
you have exchanged
they have exchanged
Present perfect continuous
I have been exchanging
you have been exchanging
he/she/it has been exchanging
we have been exchanging
you have been exchanging
they have been exchanging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I exchanged
you exchanged
he/she/it exchanged
we exchanged
you exchanged
they exchanged
Past continuous
I was exchanging
you were exchanging
he/she/it was exchanging
we were exchanging
you were exchanging
they were exchanging
Past perfect
I had exchanged
you had exchanged
he/she/it had exchanged
we had exchanged
you had exchanged
they had exchanged
Past perfect continuous
I had been exchanging
you had been exchanging
he/she/it had been exchanging
we had been exchanging
you had been exchanging
they had been exchanging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will exchange
you will exchange
he/she/it will exchange
we will exchange
you will exchange
they will exchange
Future continuous
I will be exchanging
you will be exchanging
he/she/it will be exchanging
we will be exchanging
you will be exchanging
they will be exchanging
Future perfect
I will have exchanged
you will have exchanged
he/she/it will have exchanged
we will have exchanged
you will have exchanged
they will have exchanged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been exchanging
you will have been exchanging
he/she/it will have been exchanging
we will have been exchanging
you will have been exchanging
they will have been exchanging
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would exchange
you would exchange
he/she/it would exchange
we would exchange
you would exchange
they would exchange
Conditional continuous
I would be exchanging
you would be exchanging
he/she/it would be exchanging
we would be exchanging
you would be exchanging
they would be exchanging
Conditional perfect
I would have exchange
you would have exchange
he/she/it would have exchange
we would have exchange
you would have exchange
they would have exchange
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been exchanging
you would have been exchanging
he/she/it would have been exchanging
we would have been exchanging
you would have been exchanging
they would have been exchanging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you exchange
we let´s exchange
you exchange
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
exchanged
Present Participle
exchanging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCHANGE»
The term «exchange» is very widely used and occupies the
2.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «EXCHANGE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
exchange.
I had amazing intellectual privilege as a kid. My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I was five, I read and wrote well enough to do my nine-year older brother's homework in exchange for chocolate or cigarettes. By the time I was 10, I was reading Orwell, Tolstoy's 'War and Peace,' and the Koran. I was reading comic books, too.
The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
We invite, then, the world to come with its silver and make the exchange.
I came when I was in high school as part of a student exchange program with the Jewish Community Center in New Jersey, to Ramat Eliyahu. You come and volunteer for five weeks at a day camp. I was a teenager - I couldn't really appreciate it as much, and now I come back as an adult and I can really get the flavor of the city, and I love it.
At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas.
When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun.
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.
The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCHANGE»
Discover the use of
exchange in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
exchange and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Columbian
Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences ...
The classic work that revolutionized how we understand the environmental and cultural impact of the European conquest of the Americas.
2
Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out
Dive into Exchange Server 2010 and SP1—and discover how to really put your messaging solutions to work!
3
Foreign
Exchange Option Pricing: A Practitioners Guide
This book covers foreign exchange options from the point of view of the finance practitioner.
4
Arbitrage, Hedging, and Speculation: The Foreign
Exchange Market
Explains the $1.5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market, its trading structure, and the global environment in which it operates.
Ephraim Clark, Dilip Kumar Ghosh, 2004
5
Microsoft
Exchange Server 2013 Unleashed
More than a comprehensive, authoritative reference, Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Unleashed presents hundreds of helpful tips and tricks based on the authors’ unsurpassed early adopter experience with Exchange Server 2013 in real ...
Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, 2012
6
Ion
Exchange Membranes: Fundamentals and Applications
Discussing not only various phenomena exhibited by the membranes but also their applications in many fields with economical evaluations. * This volume looks at the latest developments in ion exchange membrane technology * Provides a full ...
7
Ion
Exchange Materials: Properties and Applications: ...
Ion exchange is a powerful tool in chemical analysis and scientific research. The main focus in this book is on ion exchange polymers: ion exchange resins, chelating resins, imprinted (templated), and other functional polymers.
Andrei A. Zagorodni, 2006
8
Foreign
Exchange Markets
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Alastair Graham, Brian Coyle, 2001
9
Redistribution Or Recognition?: A Political-philosophical ...
This volume stages a debate between two philosophers, one North American, the other German, who hold different views of the relation of redistribution to recognition.
10
Sport Marketing: Managing the
Exchange Process
The central theme of the book is the sport marketing exchange, because this process is fundamental to marketing and can be used to highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by the sport marketer.
George R. Milne, Mark A. McDonald, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCHANGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
exchange is used in the context of the following news items.
Glitch perfect
The NYSE, like all American exchanges, was already under strict orders from the Securities and Exchange Commission, America's main market ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
Greek government offers sweeping proposal in exchange for $59 …
Greece finally met a deadline that counted on Thursday and made a series of sweeping proposals that its creditors needed by midnight to set ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
Crystal Palace set to make £6m part-exchange bid for QPR striker …
Crystal Palace will turn their attention to a bid to sign Charlie Austin from Queens Park Rangers once they complete a club record deal for ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Pound to Euro Exchange Rate Struggles at Lowest Level Since June
So when German bund yields (yield on German government debt) rose mid-week we saw the euro exchange rate complex move higher ... «Pound Sterling Live, Jul 15»
Venezuela's Unofficial Exchange Rate Tumbles to 600 Bolivars Per …
A monthly minimum wage is now equivalent to about $12 on the unofficial exchange rate, while university-educated professionals at times earn ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
Watch Stephen Colbert Completely Freak Out About the NY Stock …
On Wednesday, the New York Stock Exchange temporarily shut down due to a technical problem — and this news really, really freaked out ... «TIME, Jul 15»
Defense officials: Israel won't exchange Palestinian prisoners for …
Israel does not intend to free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the two Israeli nationals being held in the Gaza Strip, Israeli defense officials ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
Rays and Royals exchange inside-the-park home runs in Royals' win
One other fun fact from the inside-the-park homer exchange – Dyson only entered the game as a substitute after Gordon got hurt on Forsythe's ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
Was the NY Stock Exchange attacked by super-hackers?
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
Boko Haram 'agree to release 216 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in …
Extremists fighting for Boko Haram in Nigeria have offered to free more than 200 kidnapped women and girls in exchange for senior militant ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»