interchange
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put each in the place of the other.
to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
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to cause (one thing) to change places with another; transpose.
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to give and receive (things) reciprocally; exchange.
The twins interchanged clothes frequently.
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to cause to follow one another alternately; alternate.
to interchange business cares with pleasures.
verb (used without object)
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to occur by turns or in succession; alternate.
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to change places, as two persons or things, or as one with another.
noun
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an act or instance of interchanging; reciprocal exchange.
the interchange of commodities.
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a changing of places, as between two persons or things, or of one with another.
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alternation; alternate succession.
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a highway intersection consisting of a system of several different road levels arranged so that vehicles may move from one road to another without crossing the streams of traffic.
verb
noun
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the act of interchanging; exchange or alternation
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a motorway junction of interconnecting roads and bridges designed to prevent streams of traffic crossing one another
Other Word Forms
- interchangeability noun
- interchangeable adjective
- interchangeably adverb
- interchanger noun
- preinterchange noun
Etymology
Origin of interchange
1325–75; inter- + change; replacing Middle English entrechaungen < Middle French entrechangier
Example Sentences
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"He can interchange positions with a wide player, he's so good at picking those spaces," said Arteta of these movements.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Most revenue comes at the other end of the transaction, in interchange or “swipe” fees paid by merchants.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
However, “the near-term financial impact will primarily fall on issuing banks, which earn interchange revenue,” Bhatia noted.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
The agreement comes after a two-decade antitrust battle over interchange fees, the charges banks collect from merchants every time a customer pays with plastic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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