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exchange
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ks?t?e?nd?/
- Rhymes: -e?nd?
Etymology 1
From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambi?re, present active infinitive of *excambi? (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambi?). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex- in English.
Noun
exchange (countable and uncountable, plural exchanges)
- An act of exchanging or trading.
- A place for conducting trading.
- A telephone exchange.
- (telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
- A conversation.
- (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
- (usually with "the") The loss of a relatively minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook
- (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
- (finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambi?re, present active infinitive of *excambi? (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambi?). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.
Verb
exchange (third-person singular simple present exchanges, present participle exchanging, simple past and past participle exchanged)
- (transitive) To trade or barter.
- I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.
- (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
- I'd like to exchange this shirt for one in a larger size.
- Since his arrest, the mob boss has exchanged a mansion for a jail cell.
Synonyms
- (trade or barter): truck, wrixle; See also Thesaurus:trade or Thesaurus:barter
- (replace with a substitute): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch
Derived terms
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Further reading
- exchange in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- exchange in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exchange at OneLook Dictionary Search
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parley
English
Etymology
From Middle English parlai (“speech, parley”), from Old French parler (“to talk; to speak”), from Late Latin parabol?, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (parabol?), from ???? (pará, “beside”) with ???? (bol?, “throwing”). Doublet of palaver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??li/, /?p??le?/
- (some non-rhotic accents) IPA(key): /?p??l?/
Noun
parley (countable and uncountable, plural parleys)
- A conference, especially one between enemies.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IV
- Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it [...]
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IV
Usage notes
Not to be confused with parlay (“bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward”).
Translations
Verb
parley (third-person singular simple present parleys, present participle parleying, simple past and past participle parleyed)
- (intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- [...] at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ?hot, fled amaine and left us [...]
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
Usage notes
Not to be confused with parlay (“to carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers; to increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner; to convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better”).
Alternative forms
- parlay
Translations
See also
- parle
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “parley”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Player, Rapley, pearly, player, prelay, replay
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