exchange
exchange is a valid 8-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
What does exchange mean?
Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.
Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.
Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.
“exchange prisoners”
“exchange employees between branches of the company”
Give to, and receive from, one another.
Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one).
“they had a bitter exchange”
A workplace for buying and selling; open only to members.
Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
(chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop.
“black lost the exchange”
(chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value.
“the endgame began after the exchange of queens”
The act of giving something in return for something received.
“deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable”
The act of changing one thing for another thing.
“Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience”
Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries).
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication.
The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.