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# exchange

«exchange» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give one thing and get another thing back** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (exchange, exchanges); verb (exchange, exchanges, exchanged, exchanging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To exchange means to give one thing and get another thing back. An exchange is that swap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#m1)

2) To exchange something in a shop is to take it back and get a different one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#m2)

3) To exchange money is to change it into the money of another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#m3)

4) An exchange is also a short talk between people, or a school exchange where pupils visit another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a swap at a rate: things or money traded for others (4 stickers for 1 card, dollars for coins); divide or multiply by the rate; one side goes down and the other goes up. In history: people exchanged goods before money (trading, bartering). Phrases: exchange for, in exchange, exchange rate, exchange gifts, exchange student.

### examples

- She exchanged 10 stickers for 2 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x1)
- You can exchange 1 dollar for 4 quarters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x2)
- How many cards can he get for 20 stickers? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x3)
- They exchanged gifts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x4)
- I exchanged the shoes for a bigger size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x5)
- The friends exchanged phone numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x6)
- In exchange for helping, she got a free ticket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x7)
- A French girl came to our school on an exchange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x8)
- Shall we exchange?" he asked the toll-keeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/#x9)

### note

«Exchange for» = swap for. A rate of exchange: how many of one give one of another; divide or multiply by it. Trap: one side goes down and the other goes up.

### In the corpora

- [After Columbus crossed the Atlantic, plants and animals sailed both ways, and this swap is called the Columbian exchange.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/2/)
- ["A full and frank exchange of views" means a serious argument.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/22/)
- ["A frank exchange of views" means an angry argument; it is the language of officials and news reports.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/22/)
- [Example: a boy in Dublin is asked in a game chat for his password in exchange for 10,000 free coins.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/9/)
- [Historians call this the Columbian Exchange.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exchange» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exchange/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.