EXCHANGE


Meaning of EXCHANGE in English

I.

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 ~ of ideas.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~ (for)

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

▪ ~ between

There were ~s of goods between the two regions.

▪ ~ for

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

2 angry conversation/argument

ADJECTIVE

▪ brief

▪ acrimonious ( esp. BrE ), angry , bitter , heated , sharp

▪ spirited

They've had many spirited ~s.

▪ frank

a full and frank ~ of views

▪ free

a free ~ of ideas and opinions

▪ verbal

a bitter verbal ~

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ about

angry ~s about the problem of unemployment

▪ ~ between

There were many acrimonious ~s between the two men.

▪ ~ over

an ~ over the question of Joe Hill's guilt

▪ ~ with

Members got into heated ~s with the chairperson.

PHRASES

▪ an ~ of views

She had a full and frank ~ 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 ~ by young people on the Internet

▪ student , youth

▪ official

VERB + EXCHANGE

▪ go on

PREPOSITION

▪ on an/the ~

She is in France on a student ~.

▪ ~ with

an ~ with a German student

II.

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .