exchange

exchange
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noun
1 giving/receiving sth in return for sth else
ADJECTIVE
fair
mutual, reciprocal, two-way

We get together once a month for a mutual exchange of ideas.

PREPOSITION
in exchange (for)

Wool and timber were sent to Egypt in exchange for linen or papyrus.

exchange between

There were exchanges of goods between the two regions.

exchange for

She considered free language lessons a fair exchange for a place to stay.

2 angry conversation/argument
ADJECTIVE
brief
acrimonious (esp. BrE), angry, bitter, heated, sharp
spirited

They've had many spirited exchanges.

frank

a full and frank exchange of views

free

a free exchange of ideas and opinions

verbal

a bitter verbal exchange

PREPOSITION
exchange about

angry exchanges about the problem of unemployment

exchange between

There were many acrimonious exchanges between the two men.

exchange over

an exchange over the question of Joe Hill's guilt

exchange with

Members got into heated exchanges with the chairperson.

PHRASES
an exchange of views

She had a full and frank exchange of views with her boss before resigning.

3 of foreign currencies
EXCHANGE + NOUN
rate (also rate of exchange esp. in BrE)
4 visit
ADJECTIVE
academic, cross-cultural (esp. AmE), cultural, inter-cultural (esp. AmE)

a constant cultural exchange by young people on the Internet

student, youth
official
VERB + EXCHANGE
go on
PREPOSITION
on an/the exchange

She is in France on a student exchange.

exchange with

an exchange with a German student

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verb
Exchange is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anecdote, ↑banter, ↑blow, ↑confidence, ↑contract, ↑correspondence, ↑currency, ↑data, ↑farewell, ↑fire, ↑gift, ↑glance, ↑gossip, ↑greeting, ↑gunfire, ↑idea, ↑information, ↑insult, ↑joke, ↑kiss, ↑look, ↑money, ↑nod, ↑present, ↑ring, ↑view, ↑vow, ↑word

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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